How to pronounce 優 in Cantonese (15 out of 27):

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優蜜仙草是一間小店, 工作人員就只有2-3位

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

優 jau1
1. excellent 2. superior 3. actor 4. winning 5. (slang) pull up (pants, etc)
蜜 mat6
honey
nectar
sweet
仙草 xian1 caau3
mesona
是 si6
is
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
間 haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle
小店 siu2 dim3
small shop
工作人員 gung1 zok3 jan4 jyun4
staff
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
只有 zi2 jau5
only
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status

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