How to pronounce 苦瓜 in Cantonese (64 out of 122):

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你現在煲苦瓜湯所以一定有苦瓜味啦 係咪
You're making bitter melon soup now, so it must taste like bitter melon. Is it?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
現在 jin6 zoi6
now
煲 bou1
to cook slowly over a low flame
pot
saucepan
to heat
to boil in a saucepan
to stew
to simmer
to smoke cigarettes
to do something for a prolong period of time
to destroy
to crush one's enemy
苦瓜 fu2 gwaa1
(noun) someone who is miserable
湯 tong3
an alternative form for 燙, scald
所以 so2 ji5
hence
一定 yat1 ding6
definitely
有 jau6
also
again
味 mei6
taste
smell
classifier for drugs (in TCM)
dish
ingredients
odor
interest
to ponder over
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
係咪 hai6 mai6
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"

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