How to pronounce 渣 in Cantonese (124 out of 144):

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食舊渣住食
Eat the leftovers. It’s

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

食 zi6
to feed
舊 gau6
old
opposite: new 新
former
worn (with age)
hundred bucks
a lump, a quantifier
渣 zaa2
of poor
weak
low
trashy quality
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb

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