How to pronounce 銅臭 in Cantonese (1 out of 2):

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吹在臉上的風很臭，有銅臭味

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

吹 ceoi3
to sing and play music
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
臉 lim5
face M: 张zhāng [张]
个gè [个]
reputation
dignity
honour
countenance
front part of something
cheek
上 soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
風 fung3
an alternative form for 諷, to satirize
很 han2
very
臭 cau3
stench
smelly
to smell (bad)
repulsive
loathsome
terrible
bad
severely
ruthlessly
dud (ammunition)
odour
to sniff
disgusting
stink
notoriety
smell
stinking
odoriferous
unwelcome
bad (temper)
有 jau6
also
again
銅臭 tung4 cau3
literally: 'to stink of money', used to describe a mercenary person or something where money is the primary concern before everything else
味 mei6
taste
smell
classifier for drugs (in TCM)
dish
ingredients
odor
interest
to ponder over

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