How to pronounce 侯 in Cantonese (4 out of 52):

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成碗米線都只係食到好濃嘅柱侯味
The whole bowl of rice is just a thick-walled column.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

成 seng4
to succeed
to finish
to complete
to accomplish
to become
to turn into
to be all right
OK!
one tenth
success
to amount to
whole
full
almost
nearly
capable
a surname
to settle
碗 wun2
bowl
米線 mai5 sin3
rice noodles
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
只係 zi2 hai6
only (spoken)
食到 sik6 dou3
eat
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
濃 nung4
concentrated
dense
strong (smell etc)
vivid
deep
keen
intense
great
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
柱 cyu5
pillar M: 根gēn [根]
cylinder
column
pole
support
to lean on
侯 hau6
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位wǔděngjuéwèi [五等爵位]
nobleman or high official
a surname
to want something
to lust after
味 mei6
taste
smell
classifier for drugs (in TCM)
dish
ingredients
odor
interest
to ponder over

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