How to pronounce 火候 in Cantonese (28 out of 49):

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但是要控制火候，不能燙太久了，據說是8秒就可以吃了
But to control the heat, it shouldn’t be blanched for too long. It’s said that you can eat it in 8 seconds.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但是 daan6 si6
but
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
控制 hung3 zai3
control
火候 fo2 hau6
cooking time
不能 bat1 nang4
cannot
燙 tong3
to scald
to burn (by scalding)
to blanch (cooking)
to heat (sth) up in hot water
to perm
to iron
scalding hot
太 taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
久 gau2
(long) time
(long) duration of time
old
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
據說 geoi3 syut3
it is said
是 si6
is
秒 miu5
second (of time)
unit of angle or arc equivalent to one sixtieth of a degree
beard of corn or grain
就可以 zau6 ho2 ji5
then can
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer

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