How to pronounce 三文魚 in Cantonese (17 out of 36):

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手卷嘅三文魚厚切得嚟又肥美
The hand-rolled salmon is thick and fat.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

sau2
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)
gyun2
curl
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
三文魚 sam1 man4 jyu4
salmon
hau5
thick
deep or profound
kind
generous
rich or strong in flavor
to favor
to stress
substantial
great
greatly
cit3
definitely
absolutely (not)
(scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.
Tut!
to grind
close to
eager
to correspond to
see also 反切fǎnqiè [反切]
to cut
to mince
to slice
to carve
tangent
eager
must
to be sure to
dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
肥美 fei4 mei5
fatty and delicious
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