How to pronounce 调 in Cantonese (40 out of 62):

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他调味刚刚好，不会太咸也不会太淡了
It's just tasted good, and it's not too cold or too sweet.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
调 tiu4
adjust
味 mei6
taste
smell
classifier for drugs (in TCM)
dish
ingredients
odor
interest
to ponder over
刚 gong1
just
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
会 will
can
太 taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
咸 haam4
all
everyone
each
widespread
harmonious
a surname
pornographic
lewd
sexually explicit
lecherous
也不 jaa5 bat1
also not; neither
淡 taam4
an alternative form for 痰, phlegm
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret

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