How to pronounce 中菜 in Cantonese (14 out of 24):

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因為中菜人不多很難點菜　點多吃不完會浪費
Since there aren't many people at Chinese restaurants, it's hard to order. If I order too much and can't finish it, it's a waste, and if I order too little, I

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
中菜 zung1 coi3
Chinese cuisine
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
很 han2
very
難點 naan4 dim2
difficulty
菜 coi3
dish (type of food)
vegetable
cuisine M: 盘pán [盘]
道dào [道]
(coll.) (one's) type
a prostitute
a sexuallt attractive girl
young woman
a girlfriend
an ox
beef
點 dim2
point
dot
drop
speck
o'clock
point (in space or time)
to draw a dot
to check on a list
to choose
to order (food in a restaurant)
to touch briefly
to hint
to light
to ignite
to pour a liquid drop by drop
(old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更gēng [更]
dot stroke in Chinese characters
classifier for items
a spot
degree
a blot
light refreshment
to mark off
to inspect
how?
to instruct
to advise (especially in 'to mislead')
to cheat
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
完 jyun4
to finish
to be over
whole
complete
entire
to run out
a surname
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
浪費 long6 fai3
waste

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