How to pronounce 芋 in Cantonese (2 out of 85):

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餓底叫咗香芋薯薯、黑糖珍珠同榴槤味
They were hungry for bananas, black sugar pearls, and durian.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

餓 ngo6
to be hungry
hungry
to be greedy for
底 dik1
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
叫 giu3
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
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
香 hoeng1
fragrant
sweet smelling
aromatic
savory or appetizing
(to eat) with relish
(of sleep) sound
perfume or spice
joss or incense stick M: 根gēn [根]
spice
incense
scent
aroma
fragrance
a good name
a surname
to sniff
richly satisfying
fond
popular
pertaining to woman
beautiful
to die
KangXi radical 186
芋 wu6
taro
Colocasia antiquorum
Colocasia esculenta
tuber crops
薯 syu6
potato
yam
tuber
stupid
黑糖 hak1 tong4
brown sugar
珍珠 zan1 zyu1
pearl
同 tung4
and
榴槤 lau4 laan2
durian
味 mei6
taste
smell
classifier for drugs (in TCM)
dish
ingredients
odor
interest
to ponder over

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