fried dough stick; youtiao
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Meanings
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fried dough stick; youtiao (dialectal variant of 油条)
dialectChiefly used in Southern Chinese dialects such as Cantonese and Min. Refers to the deep-fried dough sticks commonly eaten for breakfast, known as 油条 (yóutiáo) in Standard Mandarin. The term literally means 'oil-fried ghost'.
Zǎo早
cān餐
wǒ我
xǐ喜
huān欢
chī吃
yóu油
guǐ鬼
pèi配
dòu豆
jiāng浆
。
For breakfast, I like eating youtiao with soy milk.
Zhè这
jiā家
diàn店
de的
yóu油
guǐ鬼
zhá炸
de得
hěn很
cuì脆
。
The youtiao at this shop is fried very crispy.
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Yóu油
tiáo条
zài在
Guǎng广
dōng东
huà话
lǐ里
jiào叫
yóu油
guǐ鬼
。
Youtiao is called yougui in Cantonese.