How to pronounce 柴米油鹽 in Cantonese (3 out of 6):

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嗰啲柴米油鹽、政府管埋我哋嘅交通、
The diesel tanks, the government, they control our traffic.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

嗰啲 go2 di1
(pronoun) those
柴米油鹽 caa4 mai5 jau4 jim4
necessities of life
政府 zing3 fu2
government
管 gun2
to take care (of)
to control
to manage
to be in charge of
to look after
to run
to care about
tube
pipe
woodwind
classifier for tube-shaped objects
particle similar to 把bǎ [把] in 管...叫 constructions
writing brush
(coll.) to
towards
to administer
to govern
to interfer with
to meddle
埋 maai4
to bury
to conceal
to hide
to settle (an account)
to close out
to finish up
to move closer to
closer together
as well
我哋 ngo5 dei6
(pronoun) we; us
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
交通 gau1 tung1
Traffic

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