How to pronounce 炎 in Cantonese (5 out of 21):

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我原来是想吃牛肉肠粉的，不过听医生说吃牛肉会发炎，还是忍一下吧
I wanted to eat beef but I had to wait until the doctor said that eating beef would cause inflammation.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
原 jyun5
hypocrite
来 loi4
come
是 si6
is
想 soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
牛肉 ngau4 yuk6
beef
肠 coeng4
intestine
粉 fan2
powder
cosmetic face powder
food prepared from starch
noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour
whitewash
white
pink
to crush to powder
powdered
plastered
soft as powder
powdery
pulverized
heroin
drug
fans
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
过 go3
pass
听 teng1
listen
医 ji1
medical
生 sang1
to be born
to give birth
life
to grow
raw
uncooked
student
living
lifetime
birth
living beings
a male actor
to happen
to occur
to produce
to create
crude
alive
strange
unfamiliar
keenly in
abruptly
rudely
by force
rudely
unskilled
used as a suffix to adverbs
a surname
Mr
说 syu3
speak
会 will
can
发 faat3
send
炎 jim4
flame
inflammation
–it is
blaze
hot (weather)
scorching
还 waan4
also
忍 jan5
to bear
to endure
to tolerate
to restrain oneself
to repress
truculence
merciless
一下 yat1 haa5
once
吧 baa6
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
...right?
...OK?
...I presume

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