How to pronounce 街市 in Cantonese (2 out of 55):

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依家街市係冇生勾勾嘅雞㗎嘛
There are no chickens in the marketplace today.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

依家 ji1 gaa1
now; currently
街市 gaai1 si5
(noun) "wet market," a market where you can buy groceries, fresh produce and meat
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
mo5
to not have (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]
生勾勾 saang1 ngau1 ngau1
(adjective) very much alive; living; (food) raw
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
gai1
fowl
chicken M: 只zhī [只]
(slang) prostitute
ten thousand dollars
the trigger of a gun
gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'
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