How to pronounce 三公 in Cantonese (6 out of 6):

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準備約三公斤水，先煲水
Prepare about three kilograms of water and boil it first.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

準備 zeon2 bei6
(verb) to get ready
約 joek3
to make an appointment
to invite
approximately
pact
treaty
to economize
to restrict
to reduce (a fraction)
concise
treaty
agreement
convenant
appointment
engagement
to restrain
to restrict
to control
brief
simple
三公 saam1 gung1
three dukes
senior officials
斤 gan3
catty
weight equal to 0.5 kg
(Tw) weight equal to 0.6 kg
an axe
shrewdly
hundred (bucks)
水 seoi2
water
river
liquid
beverage
additional charges or income
(of clothes) classifier for number of washes
lotion
juice
a surname
KangXi radical 85
money
a way to make money
low quality
poor
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
煲水 bou1 seoi2
to boil water; fabricated (false)

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