How to pronounce 焖 in Cantonese (1 out of 3):

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「藕尖炒鸡杂」「豉椒炒鳝片」「花生焖猪手」
"Screaming", "Oops", "Peanut butter and pork hand".

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

藕 ngau5
root of lotus
rhizome
尖 zim1
point (of needle)
sharp
shrewd
pointed
tip
peak
meal by the roadside
top
cream of the crop
leading
sharp-tongued
perceptive
炒 caau2
to sauté
to stir-fry
to speculate
to hype
to fire (sb)
to repeatedly expose
to win by a large margin
to fail
to perform badly
to have an argument
to have a row
crash
to hit something
to get mixed up with
to hang out with
to get involved with
to beat up
to clash with
to fight against
鸡 gai1
chicken
杂 zaap6
mixed
豉 si6
fermented bean
椒 ziu1
pepper
鳝 sin6
eel
片 pin3
thin piece
flake
a slice
to slice
to carve thin
partial
incomplete
one-sided
classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
used with numeral 一yī [一]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
to pare
KangXi radical number 91
花生 fa1 saang1
peanut
焖 moon6
to stew with heat retained
猪 zyu1
pig
手 sau2
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)

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