siu2 mak6小麥小麦
Jyutpingsiu2 mak6
Yalesíu mahk
Definition
Wheat; a widely cultivated cereal grass used to make flour for bread, noodles, and pastries.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the raw grain or the plant itself, whereas the processed product is almost always referred to as 麪粉. It is rarely used in daily conversation unless discussing agriculture, nutrition, or food production processes. Most people will simply talk about the end products like 麪包 or 麪條 rather than the raw grain.
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This flour is ground from wheat.
Do you know when wheat is usually harvested?
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Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 麥皮, which refers specifically to oatmeal or rolled oats. While both are grains, they are distinct products in a Hong Kong kitchen.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
