How to pronounce 食 in Cantonese (57 out of 4606):

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你要食一啲香港嘅嘢
You need to eat something from Hong Kong.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
食 zi6
to feed
一啲 jat1 di1
a bit
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
嘢 je5
thing
matter (Cantonese)
see also 乜嘢miēyě [乜嘢]
a derogatory way to refer to a person
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