How to pronounce 搵食 in Cantonese (22 out of 35):

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媽媽你知唔知去咗邊度搵食物呀
Mom, do you know where you went to look for food?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

媽媽 maa1 maa
mother
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
知 zi3
an alternative form for 智,wisdom
唔知 m4 zi1
don't know (spoken)
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
邊度 bin1 dou6
(pronoun) where
搵食 wan2 sik6
make a living
物 mat6
thing
object
matter
abbr. for physics 物理
creature
substance
content
other people
the physical world
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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