27.12 Vocabulary: Meat

Audio is not available for this page yet.

The word 肉 juk6 means ‘meat’. We can add 肉 juk6 after a type of animal to specifically refer to their meat, but we can also simply say the type of animal without 肉 juk6 to refer to their meat.

1.juk6meat
2.gai1chicken
雞肉gai1 juk6chicken
3.雞蛋gai1 daan2chicken egg
daan2egg (for eggs of any kind, but usually chicken eggs)
4.zyu1pig; pork
豬肉zyu1 juk6pork
5.ngau4cow; beef
牛肉ngau4 juk6beef
6.joeng4sheep; lamb
羊肉joeng4 juk6lamb
7.aap3duck; duck meat
鴨肉aap3 juk6duck meat
8.ngo2goose; goose meat
鵝肉ngo2 juk6goose meat

The word 扒 paa2 means ‘a cut of meat’. We can add 扒 paa2 after a type of meat to refer to a cut of that type of meat.

9.雞扒gai1 paa2chicken steak
10.雞翼gai1 jik6chicken wing
11.雞髀gai1 bei2chicken leg (whole leg or drumstick)
12.豬扒zyu1 paa2pork steak
13.牛扒ngau4 paa2beef steak
14.羊扒joeng4 paa2lamb steak

Culture

gai1 also means ‘female prostitute’ and 鴨 aap3 also means ‘male prostitute’.