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Definition
Cheese; a solid or semi-solid food made from curdled milk.
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How it's used
Borrowed from English, this term has largely replaced the older Cantonese term 乾酪 in everyday speech. It is almost exclusively used for Western style cheese, while tofu based products or other fermented bean curds are referred to by their specific names like 腐乳.
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faai3塊faiExamples
Do you like eating cheesecake?
Related words
Common phrases
cheesecake
cheeseburger
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 芝士 in the context of the slang 芝士撈飯, which is a pun on the English phrase "cheese login" used in online gaming communities.
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