How to pronounce 蒲 in Cantonese (2 out of 23):

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今次呢個係大大條蒲燒鰻魚
This time, it's a big, roasted shark.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

今次 gam1 ci3
this time
呢個 ni1 go3
this
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
大大 daai6 daai6
lots of
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
蒲 pou4
refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis
common cattail
bullrush
a surname
to hang out
to bum around
to loaf about
to party hard
to linger around at a place to kill time
to be a member of a gang looking for trouble or opportunities to make money
to be on the streets
燒 siu1
to burn
to cook
to stew
to bake
to roast
to heat
to boil (tea, water etc)
fever
to run a temperature
(coll.) to let things go to one's head
鰻魚 maan6 jyu4
eel

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