茭筍 (gaau1 seon2) — water bamboo; wild rice shoots in Cantonese
gaauˉ¹茭seonˊ²筍简 茭笋
Mandarin Pinyin: jiao1 sun3
Meaning of 茭筍
nounwater bamboo; wild rice shoots
Example Sentences with 茭筍
gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日jauˏ₅有gaauˉ¹茭syun2.筍。
There are bamboo shoots today.
ngoˏ₅我zungˉ¹鍾ji˗₃意sikˍ₆食gaauˉ¹茭syun2.筍。
I like eating bamboo shoots.
diˉ¹啲gaauˉ¹茭syunˊ²筍houˊ²好nan6.嫩。
The bamboo shoots are very tender.
maaiˏ₅買diˉ¹啲gaauˉ¹茭syunˊ²筍faanˉ¹返ukˉ¹屋kei2.企。
Buy some bamboo shoots to take home.
bouˉ¹煲tongˉ¹湯jungˍ₆用gaauˉ¹茭syun2.筍。
Use bamboo shoots for soup.
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