27.12 Vocabulary: Meat

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.肉juk6meat
2.雞gai1chicken
雞肉gai1 juk6chicken
3.雞蛋gai1 daan2chicken egg
蛋daan2egg (for eggs of any kind, but usually chicken eggs)
4.豬zyu1pig; pork
豬肉zyu1 juk6pork
5.牛ngau4cow; beef
牛肉ngau4 juk6beef
6.羊joeng4sheep; lamb
羊肉joeng4 juk6lamb
7.鴨aap3duck; duck meat
鴨肉aap3 juk6duck meat
8.鵝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

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