How to pronounce 清油 in Cantonese (2 out of 3):

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我選擇了清油麻辣鍋 12元, 服務員會打開窗簾, 先上湯底給我

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
選擇 syun2 zaak6
to choose
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
清油 ceng1 jau4
light oil
麻辣 maa4 laat6
spicy and numbing
鍋 wo1
pot
pan
boiler M: 口kǒu [口]
只zhī [只]
caldron
boiler
元 jyun4
unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc)
primary
the first
origin
head
eldest
the Yuan Dynasty
a surname
服務員 fu6 mou6 jyun4
waiter
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
打開 daa2 hoi1
open
窗簾 coeng1 lim4
curtain
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
上湯 soeng6 tong1
consomme; a soup made by (usually – meat [chicken, beef or fish]) for cooking purpose (acts as a seasoning to the dish, but not for drinking)
底 dik1
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
給 kap1
to
for
for the benefit of
to give
to allow
to do sth (for sb)
(grammatical equivalent of 被)
(grammatical equivalent of 把)
(sentence intensifier)
to supply
to provide
well provided for
abundant
glib

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