How to pronounce 淮山 in Cantonese (22 out of 27):

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個煲湯煲咗一個鐘頭之後先加埋雞腳同鮮淮山，同埋最重要嘅花膠
After making the soup for an hour, we add chicken feet, fresh yam, and most importantly, fish maw.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
煲湯 bou1 tong1
(Verb) cook soup
煲 bou1
to cook slowly over a low flame
pot
saucepan
to heat
to boil in a saucepan
to stew
to simmer
to smoke cigarettes
to do something for a prolong period of time
to destroy
to crush one's enemy
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
一個鐘 jat1 go3 zung1
One Hour
頭 tau4
head
hair style
the top
end
beginning or end
a stub
remnant
chief
boss
side
aspect
first
leading
classifier for pigs or livestock M: 个gè [个]
used as a suffix
an area
a location
之後 zi1 hau6
after
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
加埋 gaa1 maai4
add together
sum up to
雞腳 gai1 goek3
(food) (of dim sum) Chicken feet
同 tung4
and
鮮 sin2
rarely
seldom
few
淮山 wai4 saan1
Chinese yam
同埋 tung4 maai4
and; together with
最 zeoi3
most
the most
-est (superlative suffix)
exceedingly
extreme
重要 zung6 jiu3
important
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
花膠 faa1 gaau1
dried fish maw

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