粵

紫zi2菜coi3

zi2 coi3zǐ cài

English

  1. edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori
  2. seaweed

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種食物;又叫海苔,其實係藻類而唔係植物,主要係綠色嘅;可以就咁食、煲湯、包壽司等等嘅唔同食法

Examples

  • 我哋屋企隻貓好鍾意食紫菜。

    Our cat is very fond of seaweed.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 紫菜湯

    seaweed soup

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

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