How to pronounce 戚 in Cantonese (2 out of 24):

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我经常给亲戚朋友取笑我<font color="#000000">，说我不懂吃「 白切鸡」
I used to make fun of my relatives and friends, saying I didn't know how to eat "white onions".

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
经 ging1
pass through
常 soeng4
always
ever
often
frequently
common
general
constant
ordinarily
eternal
lasting
conventional
regular
cap of, a quantifier for drugs
给 kap1
give
亲 cang1
relatives
戚 cik1
relative
parent
grief
sorrow
battle-axe
adversity
a surname
uneasy
朋友 pang4 jau5
friend
取笑 ceoi2 siu3
ridicule
说 syu3
speak
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
懂 dung2
(verb) Know
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
白 baak6
white
snowy
pure
bright
empty
blank
plain
clear
to make clear
in vain
gratuitous
free of charge
reactionary
anti-communist
funeral
to stare coldly
to write wrong character
to state
to explain
vernacular
spoken lines in opera
unblemished
a surname
the spoken dialogue in a stage show
to have a strong drink to celebrate
to clear up
to confess to
to turn white
for no reason
simply
just
easy to understand
切 cit3
definitely
absolutely (not)
(scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.
Tut!
to grind
close to
eager
to correspond to
see also 反切fǎnqiè [反切]
to cut
to mince
to slice
to carve
tangent
eager
must
to be sure to
鸡 gai1
chicken

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