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Yalejē léi
Definition
Jelly, jello, or gelatin dessert; also refers generally to any gel-like substance.
- jelly; jello; gelatin dessert
- gel; a jelly-like substance or thick liquid
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How it's used
This term is a direct phonetic loan from English and is the standard way to refer to the dessert in daily life. While it specifically refers to the sweet gelatin snack, it is also used metaphorically to describe textures that are soft, wobbly, or semi-solid, similar to how jelly behaves. It is far more common in casual speech than the formal term 果凍.
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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.
