How to pronounce 白粥 in Cantonese (2 out of 9):

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據說潮汕人為何喜歡吃這些仍然保持一粒粒米的白粥呢
Why do people like to eat these rice grains that still have a grain of rice?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

據說 geoi3 syut3
it is said
潮 ciu4
tide
current
damp
moist
humid
wet
flow
inferior in skill or fineness
trendy
up-to-date
汕 saan3
Shantou
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
何 ho6
same as荷,to carry
lotus
water lilly
holland
喜歡 hei2 fun1
like
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
這些 ze2 se1
Some of these…
仍然 jing4 jin4
still
保持 bou2 ci4
maintain
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
粒粒 lap1 lap1
(noun) pieces; bits; acnes
米 mai5
rice M: 粒lì [粒]
meter (classifier)
grain-like things
money
a cigarette
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
白粥 baak6 zuk1
White porridge
呢 ni1
this

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