How to pronounce 食水 in Cantonese (8 out of 23):

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大概係食水底數上嚟一至三吟
It's probably one to three times the amount of water you eat.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

大概 daai6 koi3
probably
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
食水 sik6 seoi2
drinking water; to make a large profit (often through corruption); the depth of water seeping into a ship
底 dik1
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
數 sou3
number
figure
several M: 个gè [个]
fate
an amount of money
a debt
上嚟 soeng5 lai2
to come over, to come up
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
至 zi3
to arrive
most
to
until
to reach
extremely
very
only then
三 saam3
multiple times; repeatedly
吟 ngam4
to grumble
to mutter
to ramble
to nag

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