ze3 gai1蔗雞蔗鸡
Jyutpingze3 gai1
Yaleje gāi
Definition
Sugarcane chicken.
colloquialfooddim sum
How it's used
Sugarcane chicken is a traditional Cantonese dish where chicken paste is wrapped around a piece of sugarcane and then grilled or deep-fried. The sugarcane acts as a skewer and infuses the meat with a subtle sweetness during the cooking process. It is often served as a snack or an appetizer in dim sum restaurants.
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dip2碟dípExamples
The sugarcane chicken at this shop is very famous.
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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.
