How to pronounce 心水 in Cantonese (3 out of 34):

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餓底建議大家除咗要揀定心水靚位之外
I would recommend that you choose a place to stay, but not a place to be.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

餓 ngo6
to be hungry
hungry
to be greedy for
底 dik1
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
建議 gin3 yi3
suggest
大家 daai6 gaa1
everyone
除咗 ceoi4 zo2
aside from; except for; unless
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
揀 gaan2
choose
定 ding6
to set
to fix
to determine
to decide
surely
certainly
definitely
stable
calm
心水 sam1 seoi2
(noun
adjective) favorite; favored thoughts; best-loved idea; preferred idea; mind; thoughts; the state of mind
靚 zing6
to make up (one's face)
to dress
(of one's dress) beautiful
smartly dressed (woman)
ornament
quiet
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
之外 zi1 ngoi6
besides

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