How to pronounce 芥蘭 in Cantonese (12 out of 24):

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這隻介蘭沒有河塘芥蘭般的粗度，但切出來炒也很好食
This Chinese broccoli is not as thick as the river broccoli, but it is also delicious when cut and stir-fried.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
介 gaai3
to introduce
to lie between
between
shell
armour
to keep in mind
a harbinger
蘭 laan4
orchid (兰花 Cymbidium goeringii)
fragrant thoroughwort (兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)
lily magnolia (木兰)
elegant
graceful
沒有 mou5 jau5
without
河 ho2
flat rice noodle
塘 tong4
dyke
embankment
pool or pond
hot-water bathing pool
to describe a pit of something
芥蘭 gai3 laan4
Chinese kale
般 pun4
joy
delight
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
粗 cou1
coarse
rough
thick (for cylindrical objects)
unfinished
vulgar
rude
crude
careless
negligent
inattentive
roughly
husky
度 dou6
to pass
to spend (time)
measure
limit
extent
degree of intensity
degree (angles, temperature etc)
kilowatt-hour
classifier for events and occurrences
system
code of conduct
style of conduct
to write words for popular songs
mannerism
here
there
where
a quantifier for door, bridge etc
但 daan6
but
切 cit3
definitely
absolutely (not)
(scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.
Tut!
to grind
close to
eager
to correspond to
see also 反切fǎnqiè [反切]
to cut
to mince
to slice
to carve
tangent
eager
must
to be sure to
出來 ceot1 loi4
come out
炒 caau2
to sauté
to stir-fry
to speculate
to hype
to fire (sb)
to repeatedly expose
to win by a large margin
to fail
to perform badly
to have an argument
to have a row
crash
to hit something
to get mixed up with
to hang out with
to get involved with
to beat up
to clash with
to fight against
也 jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
很 han2
very
好食 hou2 sik6
tasty; delicious; yummy

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