How to pronounce 梗 in Cantonese (4 out of 98):

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蒸鬆糕好好嘢梗要去，麥記
The steamed pie is going to be great, Mike.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

蒸 zing1
steam
鬆糕 sung1 gou1
sponge cake
好好 hou2 hou2
very good
嘢 je5
thing
matter (Cantonese)
see also 乜嘢miēyě [乜嘢]
a derogatory way to refer to a person
heroin
梗 gwaang2
branch
stem
stalk M: 根gēn [根]
to block
to hinder
roughly
approximately
to straighten up
to stiffen up
upright
frank
straightforward
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
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
麥記 mak6 gei3
McDonalds (spoken)

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