粵

咖gaa3哩lei1

gaa3 lei1kā lǐ

English

  1. (Tw) (loanword) curry
  2. curry
  3. colloquial pr. [ga1li3] or [ga1li2]
  4. extra income as part of a job or bribe; slang used in the construction industry

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 源自印度,由多種香料煮成嘅菜式,呈醬或者汁狀,通常偏辣,喺印度菜同泰國菜好常見
  2. 地盤術語,為咗賺取額外嘅收入,或者收受某種利益,而去幫其他人做一啲職責以外嘅嘢,或者將公司唔要嘅資源拎咗去賣,有啲係合法,有啲係非法

Examples

  • 咖喱雞飯

    chicken curry with rice

  • 印度咖喱

    Indian curry

  • 食完咖喱好頸渴,不如去買啲嘢飲咯?

    That curry made me thirsty. Let's get something to drink.

  • 昨天吃了咖哩。

    I ate curry yesterday.

    Tatoeba · cherylting CC BY

  • 咖哩非常好吃。

    The curry was very delicious.

    Tatoeba · pftest2382785 CC BY

  • 湯姆喜歡辣咖哩。

    Tom likes hot curry.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 这家饭馆的咖哩挺好。

    The curry at this restaurant is good.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 我們昨晚吃了咖哩飯。

    We ate curry rice last night.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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