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sung˗₃餸
简 𩠌
Pinyin: song4
Translations
noun菜
noundish of food (meat, vegetable, etc) prepared to accompany rice
nounmeals dishes
gaap˗₃挾sung˗₃餸
简 挟𩠌
Pinyin: xie2 song4
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nounpick up the food with chopsticks [Var.] 夾餸 [華]: 菜
nounto pick up the food with chopsticks
ukˉ¹屋keiˊ²企sung˗₃餸
简 屋企𩠌
Pinyin: wu1 qi3 song4
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nounhome-made dishes
zyuˊ²煮sung˗₃餸
简 煮𩠌
Pinyin: zhu3 song4
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noun做菜
nounprepare dishes
noun(verb) to cook; to make dishes
sung˗₃餸tauˎ₄頭sung˗₃餸meiˏ₅尾
简 餸头餸尾
Pinyin: song4 tou2 song4 wei3
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nounleftovers (food)
taiˊ²睇sung˗₃餸sikˍ₆食faan6,飯,taiˊ²睇zukˉ¹燭naamˎ₄喃moˎ₄嘸
简 睇餸食饭,睇烛喃呒
Pinyin: di4 song4 shi2 fan4, di4 zhu2 nan2 fu3
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noundescribes when one is required to be aware of the current situation and react in a careful manner; to live within one's means; to act according to circumstances; to adapt oneself to circumstances [colloquial]
giu˗₃叫sung˗₃餸
简 叫𩠌
Pinyin: jiao4 song4
Translations
nounorder some dishes with rice
nounto order food (eating out)
zingˊ²整sung˗₃餸
简 整𩠌
Pinyin: zheng3 song4
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nouncook; make food
nounto cook and prepare meal
gaaˉ¹加sung˗₃餸
Pinyin: jia1 song4
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nounto have an extra dish or more in a meal
daaiˍ₆大sung˗₃餸
Pinyin: da4 song4
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nounpeople who only eat the accompanying dishes but not eat the rice
sung˗₃餸coi˗₃菜
Pinyin: song4 cai4
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nounthe accompanying dishes to a meal
sai˗₃細sung˗₃餸
简 细𩠌
Pinyin: xi4 song4
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nounto eat very little; to always have leftovers; to have a small appetite
nounto have/eat a small quantity of the accompanying dishes (food such as the meat and vegetables that are used to accompany rice in a meal)
mouˏ₅冇sung˗₃餸faanˍ₆飯
简 冇餸饭
Pinyin: mao3 song4 fan4
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nounthere's not much to eat, usually used just as a humble expression of modesty by host when catering for guests
heoi˗₃去gaaiˉ¹街siˏ₅市maaiˏ₅買jauˏ₅餸gaa˗₃有gongˊ²價aa˗₃講呀
简 去街市買餸有价讲呀
Pinyin: qu4 jie1shi4 mai3 song4 you3 jia4 jiang3 ya5
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nounso you think you are haggling for vegetables at a market is it? (said in a manner to express that one going to stand firm and not going to accept any lower price offer) [colloquial]
taiˊ²睇sung˗₃餸sikˍ₆食faanˍ₆飯
简 睇餸食饭
Pinyin: di4 song4 shi2 fan4
Translations
nounadjusting spending based on incomes
nounto be careful, to be cautious
noundescribes when one is required to be aware of the current situation and react in a careful manner; to live within one's means; to act according to circumstances; to adapt oneself to circumstances
maaiˏ₅買sung˗₃餸
简 买𩠌
Pinyin: mai3 song4
Translations
nounto buy dishes of food
noun(verb) 1. To do groceries; 2. Buy some take out