粵

龜gwai1苓ling4膏gou1

simp龟苓膏
gwai1 ling4 gou1guī líng gāo

English

  1. turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs
  2. herbal turtle jelly
  3. a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, also known as Tortoise Jelly or Turtle Jelly, originating in Kwangtung (Guangdong) and Kwangsi (Guangsi), which traditional recipe includes the endangered Golden Coin Turtle, rhizoma Smilacis glabrae and Glycyrrhiza uralensis
  4. a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種喺廣東、廣西一帶嘅傳統藥用食品;傳統係用受保護動物金錢龜、土茯苓、甘草等中藥材製成凝固嘅黑色膏狀,外表似涼粉,不過有較濃中藥甘味

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

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