粵

打daa2芡hin3

daa2 hin3dǎ qiàn

English

  1. verb; to thicken the sauce (cookery)
  2. to thicken the sauce with starch-water mixture

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 煮餸嗰時加入芡汁(鷹粟粉溝水),令醬汁變濃、變杰同添上些少光澤

Examples

  • 好啦,碟咕嚕肉都炒到咁上下喇,係時候打返個芡,收返杰個汁喇。

    Alright, after stir-frying the sweet-sour pork, it's time to add some cornstarch mixture to thicken the sauce.

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

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