How to pronounce 大閘蟹 in Cantonese (14 out of 17):

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大閘蟹最好的季節,應該是中秋節前後吧
The best season to eat potatoes is probably before and after mid-autumn.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
大閘蟹 daai6 zaap6 haai5
Hairy crab; the Chinese mitten crab; to describe a situation where one has money tied up in shares that have made a big loss in the trading market
最好 zeoi3 hou2
best
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
季節 gwai3 zit3
season
應該 jing1 goi1
should
si6
is
中秋節前 jung1 cau1 zit3 cin4
before the Mid-Autumn Festival
hau6
back
behind
rear
afterwards
after
later
descendants
then
a surname
future
after next
succeeding
baa6
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
...right?
...OK?
...I presume
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