How to pronounce 撮 in Cantonese (4 out of 4):

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一撮芽菜，這是什麼？今次炒甜甜酸酸的米粉
A handful of bean sprouts, what is this? This time, I'm stir-frying sweet and sour rice noodles. This is "

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
撮 cyut3
to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips
to scoop up
to collect together
to extract
to gather up
classifier: pinch
tuft
芽菜 ngaa4 coi3
(noun) (food) beansprouts
這是 ze5 si6
this is
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
今次 gam1 ci3
this time
炒 caau2
to sauté
to stir-fry
to speculate
to hype
to fire (sb)
to repeatedly expose
to win by a large margin
to fail
to perform badly
to have an argument
to have a row
crash
to hit something
to get mixed up with
to hang out with
to get involved with
to beat up
to clash with
to fight against
甜甜 tim4 tim4
sweetly
酸 syun1
sour
tart
sick at heart
grieved
sore
aching
pedantic
impractical
an acid
spoiled
stale
sorrowful
jealous
envious
stingy
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
米粉 mai5 fan2
rice noodles

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