How to pronounce 沾 in Cantonese (83 out of 120):

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它只是糖然後外面沾了幾粒鹽
It's just candy coated in salt.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

它 to1
it
other
used as a meaningless mock object
只是 zi2 si6
just
糖 tong2
sweets
candy M: 颗kē [颗]
块kuài [块]
然後 jin4 hau6
then
外面 ngoi6 min6
outside
沾 tip3
to moisten
to be infected by
to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
to touch
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
幾 gei2
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
粒 nap1
grain
granule
classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
a small particle
to have rice as food
ten thousand
a quantifier for hours
a 'pip' on the shoulder of police's uniform indicating the rank
鹽 jim4
salt M: 粒lì [粒]
to treat with salt

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