How to pronounce 大閘蟹 in Cantonese (3 out of 21):

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大閘蟹最當季的時候來的話就非常回本了

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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 zeoi3
most
the most
-est (superlative suffix)
exceedingly
extreme
當 dong3
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
季 gwai3
season
the last month of a season
fourth or youngest amongst brothers
classifier for seasonal crop yields
a surname
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
時候 si4 hau6
time
來的 loi4 dik1
from
話就 waa6 jau6
if said
非常 fei1 seong4
very
回本 wui4 bun2
to gain back the cost
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret

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