How to pronounce 餓 in Cantonese (68 out of 697):

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底會用麻去形容
Hunger is a metaphor for the world.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

ngo6
to be hungry
hungry
to be greedy for
dik1
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
maa4
hemp
heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
形容 ying4 yung4
describe
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