How to pronounce 薑 in Cantonese (23 out of 415):

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咁呢啲薑嘅業都係有好濃嘅薑味㗎
So this whole crap business smells really bad.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
呢啲 ni1 di1
(slang) these
薑 goeng1
ginger
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
業 jip6
line of business; trade
industry
occupation
job
employment
school studies
enterprise
property
(Buddhism) karma
deed
to engage in
already
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
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
有 jau6
also
again
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
濃 nung4
concentrated
dense
strong (smell etc)
vivid
deep
keen
intense
great
味 mei6
taste
smell
classifier for drugs (in TCM)
dish
ingredients
odor
interest
to ponder over
㗎 gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]

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