落隔
lok6 gaak3luò géinferred
English
- (of food) to pass through cardia and start digestion in the stomach
- (of food) to digest in the stomach, and then pass through into the intestines
粵語 — Cantonese
- 食完啲嘢經食道底嘅賁門(膈) 跌落胃，開始消化
- 食完啲嘢喺個胃消化完，落咗小腸
Examples
晏晝飯都未落膈咁快又下午茶？
Our lunch has not even started digestion in our stomachs and just now we are going to have an afternoon tea? ----
晏晝飯都未落膈咁快又下午茶？
Our lunch has not even settled in our stomachs and just now we are going to have an afternoon tea?
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk