How to pronounce 賣剩蔗 in Cantonese (4 out of 5):

你 nei5

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])

can be used to refer to an unspecified person

說 syut3

to speak

to say

to explain

to scold

to tell off

a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)

to criticize

to try to influence someone to do something

to mean

這些 ze2 se1

Some of these…

橙 dang3

an alternative form of凳, stool

是 si6

is

賣剩蔗 maai6 zing6 ze3

(slang) literally 'the leftover sugar cane; the leftovers that no one wants after all the good ones has been picked, often used in a derogatory way to refer to refer to women who are 'the leftover women' that no man wants

我 ngo5

I

me

my

us

we

our

self

不要 bat1 jiu3

do not

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