How to pronounce 吃香 in Cantonese (1 out of 18):

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吃過之後 你真的以後都不想再吃香港的雞啦
After you eat, you really don't want to eat chicken from Hong Kong anymore.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
過 gwo3
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
之後 zi1 hau6
after
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
真的 zan1 dik1
yes
real
以後 ji5 hau6
from now on
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
不想 bat1 soeng2
do not want to
再 zoi3
again
吃香 hek3 hoeng1
(noun) In high demand
港 gong2
harbor
port M: 个gè [个]
small stream
bay
abbreviation for Hong Kong
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
雞 gai1
fowl
chicken M: 只zhī [只]
(slang) prostitute
ten thousand dollars
the trigger of a gun
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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