How to pronounce 牌 in Cantonese (103 out of 104):

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當時餐廳還是用竹牌寫著食物的價格
The restaurant was still writing on bamboo plates about the price of food.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

當時 dong1 si4
back then
餐廳 caan1 teng1
restaurant
還是 waan4 si6
or
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
竹 zuk1
bamboo M: 棵kē [棵]
支zhī [支]
根gēn [根]
a flute
KangXi radical 118
a surname
牌 paai4
mahjong tile
playing card
game pieces
signboard
plate
tablet
medal M: 片piàn [片]
个gè [个]
块kuài [块]
placard
trademark
brand
make
dominos
寫 se2
to write
to sketch
to compose
to write out
to describe
著 zyu3
famous
prominent
to write
to compile
writing
literary work
aboriginal
食物 sik6 mat6
food
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
價格 gaai3 gaak3
price
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