鑊氣
simp镬气wok6 hei3huò qì
English
- "wok hei", a distinctive smoky, charred, and slightly caramelized flavor imparted to food cooked in a wok over a high flame (orthographic borrowing from Cantonese, Jyutping: wok6 hei3)
- a term used to describe a dish that is tasty due to the good adjustment of temperature when cooking
- strength or intensity of heat produced when cooking in a wok, for the purpose of bringing out more flavour from the food
- possibility of failure
粵語 — Cantonese
- 火候同大細火
- 失敗嘅可能性;見大鑊
Examples
佢煮啲餸真夠鑊氣。
She cooks her dishes, so there's really enough heat in the wok (which means good heat, flavour and smell from the food). ----
呢單生意鑊氣好大,你都係唔好掂喇。
This transaction is very likely to fail. You'd better stay away from it.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk