豬肉 / 猪肉
zyu¹ juk⁶
The Cantonese word for pork is 豬肉 / 猪肉 (zyu¹ juk⁶).
豬肉 / 猪肉 is the noun used to refer to the meat of a pig.
Meaning: meat of a pig (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The term is composed of 豬, meaning pig and 肉, meaning meat.
How do you pronounce it?
zyu¹ juk⁶
Did you know?
- In Cantonese slang, calling someone 'pork' or using terms related to 豬 can be a term of endearment for someone who is naive or cute, rather than an insult about their weight.
- The character 豬 is a phono-semantic compound where the left side represents 'pig' and the right side provides the sound. In ancient texts, the simpler character 豕 was used instead.
- In Cantonese culinary culture, the specific cut of the meat is often more important than the word for 'pork' itself, with 'fatty meat' 肥肉 and 'lean meat' 瘦肉 being essential distinctions.
Example sentences for Cantonese are not verified yet.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “pork” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
