How to pronounce 墊底 in Cantonese (9 out of 15):

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第三味不正經茄子, 用錫紙墊底, 上菜時熱氣騰騰

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

第三 dai6 saam1
the third
mei6
taste
smell
classifier for drugs (in TCM)
dish
ingredients
odor
interest
to ponder over
fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
正經 zing3 ging1
serious
茄子 ke4 zi2
eggplant
jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
錫紙 sek3 zi2
aluminium foil
墊底 zin3 dai2
deductible (insurance term); people who are at the bottom, especially students who have poor academic performance; to put something at the bottom
上菜 soeng5 coi3
serve dishes
si4
o'clock
time
when
hour
season
period
era
current
timely
often
continously
frequently
fashionable
opportune
sometimes…sometimes
a surname

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