How to pronounce 要不是 in Cantonese (7 out of 13):

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要不是整道菜會變到很多汁

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

要不是 jiu3 bat1 si6
if not for
整 zing2
exactly
in good order
whole
complete
entire
in order
orderly
to repair
to mend
to renovate
(coll.) to fix sb
to give sb a hard time
to mess with sb
to tidy
to arrange
to adjust
to make ready
to set in order
to make
to fetch
to give
to trick
道 dou6
direction
way
road
path M: 条tiáo [条]
股gǔ [股]
principle
truth
morality
reason
skill
method
Dao (of Daoism)
to say
to speak
to talk
classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
province (of Korea or Japan)
channel
method
doctrine
teachings
菜 coi3
dish (type of food)
vegetable
cuisine M: 盘pán [盘]
道dào [道]
(coll.) (one's) type
a prostitute
a sexuallt attractive girl
young woman
a girlfriend
an ox
beef
會變 wui5 bin3
will change
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
很多 han2 do1
noun; a lot of
汁 zap1
juice
sap
liquor
fluid
gravy
sauce

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