sung3 tau4 sung3 mei5餸頭餸尾餸头餸尾
Jyutpingsung3 tau4 sung3 mei5
Yalesung tàuh sung méih
Definition
Leftovers; leftover food.
colloquialfoodhome
How it's used
Refers specifically to the bits and pieces of food remaining after a meal, often implying a mix of different dishes. It carries a slightly informal, domestic tone, suggesting a practical approach to avoiding food waste. It is frequently used when deciding to finish off what is in the fridge rather than cooking something fresh.
Examples
Let's just eat leftovers for dinner tonight.
Related words
Common phrases
to eat leftovers
to clear up the leftovers
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 剩菜, which is a more formal or neutral term for leftovers. 餸頭餸尾 specifically evokes the image of scraping together various small portions of different dishes rather than just a single leftover portion.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
