How to pronounce 糯米 in Cantonese (69 out of 78):

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喺荷葉揸啲油呀, 跟住擺啲蒸熟咗糯米㗎啦
Put oil on the lotus leaf, and steam it with glutinous rice

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

喺 hai2
in
荷葉 ho4 jip6
lotus leaf
揸 zaa2
to stretch fingers out
to grasp
to seize
to pick up with fingers
handful, a quantifier
to carry
to hold
to drive
to make a decision
啲 dit1
only a little bit
油 jau4
oil
fat
grease
petroleum
to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
oily
greasy
glib
cunning
lard
paints
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
跟住 gan1 zyu6
and then; and after
擺 baai2
to arrange
to exhibit
to move to and fro
a pendulum
to put
to place
to display
to swing
to sway
to put on (an expression)
蒸 zing1
steam
熟 suk6
cooked (of food)
ripe (of fruit)
mature (of seeds)
familiar
skilled
done
also pr. [shóu]
processed
deep
thorough
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
糯米 no6 mai5
(noun) sticky rice
㗎 gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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