How to pronounce 闻 in Cantonese (22 out of 41):

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还没有开始吃，我已经闻到花生油的香味了
I've already smelled peanut oil before I've started eating it.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

还 waan4
also
没 mou5
not
有 jau6
also
again
开 hoei1
open
始 ci2
to begin
to start
then
only then
a beginning
a surname
first
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
已 ji5
already
to stop
then
afterwards
only
too much
enough!
used as a final particle to add emphasis
经 ging1
pass through
闻 man6
smell
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
花生油 faa1 sang1 jau4
peanut oil; groundnut oil
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
香味 hoeng1 mei6
fragrance
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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