How to pronounce 啖 in Cantonese (59 out of 70):

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我先唔食苦瓜我飲個湯先 飲啖湯試吓先 好熱呀
I won't eat the bitter melon first. I'll drink some soup first. Drink some soup and try it. It's so hot.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
食 zi6
to feed
苦瓜 fu2 gwaa1
(noun) someone who is miserable
飲 jam3
to offer a drink to
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
湯 tong3
an alternative form for 燙, scald
啖 daam6
to eat
to taste
to entice (using bait)
to bite
mouthful (a classifier)
試 si5
to test
to try
experiment
examination
test
trial
to examine
to sound out
吓 haa5
once
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
熱 jit6
to warm up
to heat up
hot (of weather)
heat
fervent
fever
passionate
enthuiastic
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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