How to pronounce 肥水 in Cantonese (1 out of 2):

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做個天井嘅意思就係肥水不流外人田呀
And the meaning of a roof is that there is no water flowing from the outside.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

做 zou6
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
天井 tin1 zeng2
skylight
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
意思 ji3 si1
(noun) 1. like (someone); 2. intention
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
肥水 fei4 seoi2
lucre [written and colloquial]
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
流 lau4
to flow
to disseminate
to circulate or spread
to move or drift
to degenerate
to banish or send into exile
stream of water or sth resembling one
class, rate or grade
fake
false
inferior
unreal
without status
influence
name of a triad poem used as a way to identify someone as a triad member
外人 ngoi6 jan4
outside person
田 tin4
field
farm M: 片piàn [片]
a surname
a Kangxi radical 102
to farm
to hunt
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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