芝麻
zi1 maa4zhī ma
English
- sesame (seed)
- trivial; small matter
- sesame seed
粵語 — Cantonese
- 學名脂麻,一種草本植物,平時係指芝麻種子,常見有黑色同白色,種子本身係常見食材、調味料,亦可以用來嚟搾油(量詞:粒/拃/堆)
Examples
我阿爸阿媽成日為埋啲芝麻綠豆嘅嘢喺度嗌交,真係煩到死呀!
My parents keep arguing about stupid things. It's so annoying!
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
芝麻开门!
Open Sesame!
Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY
我吃了黑芝麻冰淇淋。
I ate black sesame ice cream.
Tatoeba · BobbyLee CC BY
我點了一份芝麻麵包,用來製作素食漢堡。
I ordered a sesame seed buns for the veggie burgers.
Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY
芝麻油
sesame oil
碟豬腸粉使唔使落芝麻?
Do you want to add sesame seeds to the rice noodle rolls?
芝士生菜加芝麻,人人食到笑哈哈。
Cheese, lettuce and sesame, everyone loves it and can't resist eating more.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk