How to pronounce 大米 in Cantonese (3 out of 8):

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上用五常大米 有人說五常大米是最好食的米

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

上 soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
用 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
大米 dai6 mai5
rice
有人 yau5 jan4
someone has
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
是 si6
is
最好 zeoi3 hou2
best
食 zi6
to feed
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
米 mai5
rice M: 粒lì [粒]
meter (classifier)
grain-like things
money
a cigarette

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