How to pronounce 老婆 in Cantonese (142 out of 259):

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老婆說這個羊腩煲好像不太划算
My wife said this lamb belly pot doesn't seem to be a good deal

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

老婆 lou5 po4
wife
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
這個 ze2 go3
this one
羊 joeng4
sheep
goat M: 头tóu [头]
只zhī [只]
KangXi radical 123
lamb
a surname
an ordinary person without a triad background
腩 naam5
brisket
belly beef
spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
see 牛腩niúnǎn [牛腩] esp. Cantonese
erroneously translated as sirloin
belly flesh
meat
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
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
像 zoeng6
(verb) 1. Look like; (noun)
Statue; (of digital camera) 2. Pixel or amount of pixel
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
太 taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
划算 waa4 syun3
cost-effective

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