粥 (zuk1) — rice gruel; congee; porridge in Cantonese
zukˉ¹粥Mandarin Pinyin: zhou1
Meaning of 粥
nounrice gruel; congee; porridge
Example Sentences with 粥
朝早食嗰碗粥稀冧冧，未到晏晝就餓嘅嘞
The bowl of porridge you had this morning was so watery. You will be hungry before noon.
jungˍ₆用sok˗₃勺ziˊ²子sikˍ₆食zuk1.粥。
Eat porridge with a spoon.
ngoˏ₅我soengˊ²想sikˍ₆食cingˉ¹清zuk1.粥。
I want to eat plain congee.
cingˉ¹清zukˉ¹粥pui˗₃配haamˎ₄鹹daan2.蛋。
Plain congee with salted egg.
keoiˏ₅佢coengˎ₄腸waiˍ₆胃mˎ₄唔syuˉ¹舒fuk6,服，sikˍ₆食cingˉ¹清zuk1.粥。
He has an upset stomach, eating plain congee.
Words Containing 粥
煲無米粥bou1 mou4 mai5 zuk1
to waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing
煲電話粥bou1 din6 waa2 zuk1
long telephone chat (as long as cooking (煲) rice porridge (粥), it seems). An attribute which mostly, but not exclusively, teenagers are known for.
鹹味粥haam4 mei6 zuk1
a dirty joke (lit., "salty tasting gruel")
清粥cing1 zuk1
plain congee (congée); plain rice porridge
僧多粥少zang1 do1 zuk1 siu2
too few jobs for too many people (lit., "many monks, little gruel")
米粥mai5 zuk1
congee; rice gruel; porridge
魚生粥jyu4 saang1 zuk1
rice gruel with thin raw fish slices
潮州粥ciu4 zau1 zuk1
(food) Chiu-Chow style congee
食粥食飯sik6 zuk1 sik6 faan6
could be good or could be bad (lit., "whether we eat porridge or rice...")
一鑊粥jat1 wok6 zuk1
一鍋粥
煲粥bou1 zuk1
to talk for hours on the telephone [Syn.] 煲電話粥
冇米粥mou5 mai5 zuk1
no outcome or results (slang)
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