粵

咖gaa3喱lei1

gaa3 lei1gā lí

English

  1. (loanword) curry
  2. curry
  3. 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

  • 咖喱魚蛋一蚊一粒。

    The curry fish balls are one dollar each.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 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.

  • 「請問咖喱要咩辣?」「有幾辣得幾辣!」

    "How hot would you like your curry?" "Make it as spicy as you can!"

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 啲人喺天氣熱嘅地方會食咖喱呢啲辣嘅嘢真係好奇怪。

    It's strange that people in hot climate zones eat spicy things like curry.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 行政套餐有咖喱、薄餅、薑黃飯、沙律、坦多里雞同埋拉西。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 日本印度咖喱店嘅咖喱更溫和過正宗啲嘅咖喱,適合返日本人嘅口味。

    Tatoeba CC BY

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

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