How to pronounce 燒臘 in Cantonese (1 out of 8):

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不過去燒臘舖買又怕多油同埋多色素
I was afraid of being overly oil and colorful.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不過 bat1 gwo3
however
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
燒臘 siu1 laap6
Siu Mei (Cantonese BBQ)
舖 pou2
a specific type of shop
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
怕 paa3
to be afraid
to fear
to dread
to be unable to endure
perhaps
apprehensive
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
油 jau4
oil
fat
grease
petroleum
to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
oily
greasy
glib
cunning
lard
paints
同埋 tung4 maai4
and; together with
多色 do1 sik1
adj; Multicolor
素 sou3
raw silk
white
plain, unadorned
vegetarian (food)
essence
nature
element
constituent
usually
always
ever
natural-coloured
simple
basic element
constituent

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