How to pronounce 芝麻 in Cantonese (42 out of 97):

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偏黃色嗰粒係花生 而黑色嗰粒就係芝麻
yellowish ones were peanuts, and the black ones were sesame seeds. The

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

偏 pin1
to lean
to slant
oblique
prejudiced
to deviate from average
to stray from the intended line
stubbornly
contrary to expectations
left-hand side of a split Chinese character, often the key or radical
biased
partial
rare
wilfully
persistently
黃色 wong4 sik1
yellow
嗰 go3
that
those (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 那nà [那]
粒 nap1
grain
granule
classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
a small particle
to have rice as food
ten thousand
a quantifier for hours
a 'pip' on the shoulder of police's uniform indicating the rank
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
花生 fa1 saang1
peanut
而 nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
黑色 hak1 sik1
black color
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
芝麻 zi1 maa4
trivial; small matter

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