How to pronounce 老婆 in Cantonese (146 out of 259):

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不過老婆說要吃「骨腩粥」那麼還是聽老婆的話

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不過 bat1 gwo3
however
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
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
骨 gwat1
bone
personality
moral character
skeleton
corpse
frame
framework
quarter
hurdle
massage parlour
flower bud
to roll
to move
a door
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
粥 zuk1
congee
gruel
porridge M: 碗wǎn [碗]
那麼 naa5 mo1
so
還是 waan4 si6
or
聽 teng1
to let
to allow
to submit
to administer
的話 dik1 waa6
if

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