粵

脆ceoi3皮pei4

ceoi3 pei4ceoi3 pei2cuì pí

English

  1. crispy skin (of food)
  2. crispy skin
  3. (of foods) crispy on the outside only
  4. figuratively, fragile, vulnerable to shock or crash

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容食物外層嘅脆面
  2. 借指物件質地脆弱、經唔起衝擊、碰撞;削、脆

Examples

  • 脆皮豆腐

    crispy bean curd ----

  • 真係估唔到呢架車咁貴但係咁脆皮,一撞就散晒。

    I really couldn't expect this car to be so expensive but so fragile: it broke into pieces in a single crash.

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

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