How to pronounce 元 in Cantonese (106 out of 2075):

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很便宜的3元麻辣豆腐 現在在菜單上面就找不到了
The cheap three-dollar tofu is not on the menu.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

很 han2
very
便宜 pin4 ji4
cheap; inexpensive
petty gain
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
元 jyun4
unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc)
primary
the first
origin
head
eldest
the Yuan Dynasty
a surname
麻辣 maa4 laat6
spicy and numbing
豆腐 dau6 fu6
tofu
現在 jin6 zoi6
now
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
菜單 coi3 daan1
menu
上面 soeng6 min6
(noun) Up stair; (figurative - old) 1. China
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
找不到 zaau2 bat1 dou3
cannot find
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret

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