How to pronounce 刨 in Cantonese (30 out of 34):

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芋頭刨皮切好臨煮前才洗一洗
So we will peel the taro but don't wash it until right before use.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

芋頭 wu6 tau4
taro
刨 paau4*2
a carpenter's planer
a peeler
a shaver
a sharpener
皮 pei2
skin goods, hide
fur
leather
fur coat
capital
overheads
切 cit3
definitely
absolutely (not)
(scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.
Tut!
to grind
close to
eager
to correspond to
see also 反切fǎnqiè [反切]
to cut
to mince
to slice
to carve
tangent
eager
must
to be sure to
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
臨 lam6
to cry and mourn for the dead
煮 zyu2
to cook
to boil
to give someone a hard time
前 cin4
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
才 coi4
ability
talent
sb of a certain type
a capable individual
only
only then
just now
a surname
certainly
indeed
洗 sin2
a surname
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

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