How to pronounce 什 in Cantonese (195 out of 607):

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老板娘：你要吃什么？
Boss: What are you going to eat?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

老板娘 lou5 baan2 noeng4
female shop owner
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
什 zaap6
miscellaneous
assorted
么 mo1
an alternative to the word麼, a final interrogative particle

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