How to pronounce 芝麻 in Cantonese (5 out of 97):

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这个芝麻吃起来很香

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

这 ze2
this
个 go3
measure word
芝麻 zi1 maa4
trivial; small matter
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
来 loi4
come
很 han2
very
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

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