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Jyutpingzou3 fat1
Yalejou fāt
Definition
The fire pit inside a traditional kitchen stove.
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How it's used
This term specifically refers to the hearth or the firebox area of a traditional stove. It is rarely used in modern urban settings where gas or induction stoves are standard, so it carries a nostalgic or rural connotation. You will mostly hear it when describing old-fashioned cooking setups or historical kitchens.
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Can you check if there is any fire inside the stove pit?
Related words
Common phrases
to tend the fire in the stove
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 灶頭, which refers to the entire stove or the countertop area where cooking happens. 灶窟 is strictly the hollow space where the fuel is burned.
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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.
