How to pronounce 可遇不可求 in Cantonese (5 out of 7):

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浩嵐：唔係大食欲，係好想食個條蛋白質條，你明唔明呀？(肉棒既野可遇不可求)

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

浩 hou6
grand
vast (water)
numerous
abundant
嵐 laam4
mist
name of a mountain
mountain haze
唔係 m4 hai6
(phrase
adverb
noun) no, not.
大食 daai6 sik6
(slang) a big eater; a glutton
欲 juk6
desire
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
想 soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
食 zi6
to feed
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
蛋白質 daan6 baak6 zat6
protein
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
明 ming4
bright
opposite: dark 暗àn [暗]
(of meaning) clear
to understand
next
public or open
wise
generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
light
brilliant
clear-sighted
eye sight
the next (day
year)
the ming dynasty
a surname
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
肉棒 juk6 paang4
meat stick
既 gei3
already
野 je5
field
plain
open space
limit
boundary
rude
feral
open country
wilderness
outside government (those who are not in power)
district
wild
savage
rustic
primitive
extremely
countryside
uncultivated
untamed
unrestrained
sphere
illegitimate
可遇不可求 ho2 yu6 bat1 ho2 kau4
can be met with but not sought

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