花faa1枝zi1

English

1. spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms)
2. a kind of cuttlefish (when as a cooking ingredient)
3. cuttlefish (on dining menus)
4. (literary) beautiful woman

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 一種墨魚，係做食材嘅時候嘅叫法

Examples

• 花枝丸

  cuttlefish ball

• 芹菜炒花枝

  stir-fried cuttlefish with celery

• 我們稱一斤花枝吧。

  Let us weigh one catty of cuttlefish.

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• 我今天晚上想吃花枝。

  I want to eat squid this evening.

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• 花園中一片花枝累垂的樣子。

  The heads of the flowers in the garden were drooping.

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