古月粉

古月 comes from splitting 胡 (hú) in 胡椒粉 (hújiāofěn, “ground pepper”).

古月粉

1. (chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan) ground pepper
   • 1996, 劉小群, 殭屍福星 [Night Journey]‎^[1], episode 4, spoken by 丁小玉 (蘇玉華 [Louisa So]):

     唔知呢，我糝啲古月粉落去佢會點呢？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     唔知呢，我糁啲古月粉落去佢会点呢？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     m⁴ zi¹ ne¹, ngo⁵ sam² di¹ gu² jyut⁶ fan² lok⁶ heoi³ keoi⁵ wui⁵ dim² ne¹? [Jyutping]

     I wonder, if I sprinkle some pepper on, what would happen to it?

   • 2005, 張洛瑋, 本草藥王 [The Herbalist's Manual]‎^[2], episode 14, spoken by 工人 [Worker] (張國威 [Accord Cheung]):

     喂，你自己行路唔帶眼咋。好彩係啲麵粉啫，如果係古月粉，你盲咗喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     喂，你自己行路唔带眼咋。好彩系啲面粉啫，如果系古月粉，你盲咗喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     wai³, nei⁵ zi⁶ gei² haang⁴ lou⁶ m⁴ daai³ ngaan⁵ zaa³. hou² coi² hai⁶ di¹ min⁶ fan² ze¹, jyu⁴ gwo² hai⁶ gu² jyut⁶ fan², nei⁵ maang⁴ zo² laa³. [Jyutping]

     [After the worker holding flour and Cheung Kiu (張嬌) bumped into each other, to Cheung Kiu] Hey, it's just because you weren't looking when walking. Fortunately, it was just flour. If it were pepper, you'd be blind.

   • 2011, 梁科慶 [Leung For-hing], Q concern, Hong Kong: 突破出版社 [Breakthrough], →ISBN, page 108:

     接着我把所有雞蛋打進湯碗，用竹筷子把蛋汁攪勻，拌入古月粉和麻油，傾入鑊中，加大火力，將蛋包着午餐肉粒和雜豆一併煎香。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     接着我把所有鸡蛋打进汤碗，用竹筷子把蛋汁搅匀，拌入古月粉和麻油，倾入镬中，加大火力，将蛋包着午餐肉粒和杂豆一并煎香。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     zip³ zoek⁶ ngo⁵ baa² so² jau⁵ gai¹ daan^6-2 daa² zeon³ tong¹ wun², jung⁶ zuk¹ faai³ zi² baa² daan^6-2 zap¹ gaau² wan⁴, bun⁶ jap⁶ gu² jyut⁶ fan² wo⁴ maa⁴ jau⁴, king¹ jap⁶ wok⁶ zung¹, gaa¹ daai⁶ fo² lik⁶, zoeng¹ daan^6-2 baau¹ zoek³ ng⁵ caan¹ juk⁶ lap¹ wo⁴ zaap⁶ dau^6-2 jat¹ bing³ zin¹ hoeng¹. [Jyutping]

     Then, I cracked all the eggs into the soup bowl, whisked up the eggs with bamboo chopsticks, mixed in pepper and sesame oil, poured [the mixture] into the frying pan, turned up the heat, wrapped diced luncheon meat and mixed vegetables with egg, and fried it until fragrant.