How to pronounce 吃香 in Cantonese (5 out of 18):

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你覺得香港人嚟到呢一度最吃香嘅行業係咩？
What do you think is the most perfumed industry in Hong Kong?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
覺得 gok3 dak1
think
香港人 hoeng1 gong2 jan4
Hong Kong people
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
呢 ni1
this
一度 jat1 dou6
once
最 zeoi3
most
the most
-est (superlative suffix)
exceedingly
extreme
吃香 hek3 hoeng1
(noun) In high demand
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
行業 hang4 jip6
industry
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
咩 me1
the bleating of sheep
final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese)
what
whatever

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