How to pronounce 煲 in Cantonese (265 out of 616):

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等佢煲住先
boil the potatoes till it's nearly break off

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

等 ting2
sort
kind
type
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
煲 bou1
to cook slowly over a low flame
pot
saucepan
to heat
to boil in a saucepan
to stew
to simmer
to smoke cigarettes
to do something for a prolong period of time
to destroy
to crush one's enemy
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
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then

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