How to pronounce 高要 in Cantonese (3 out of 9):

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大家要知道广州人对于食物是很高要求的
You know, people in Guangzhou are very demanding about food.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

大家 daai6 gaa1
everyone
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
知道 zi1 dou3
know
广 shop
broad
州 zau1
prefecture
(old) province
(old) administrative division
state (e.g. of US)
oblast (Russia)
canton (Switzerland)
continent
to settle in a place
place surrounded by water
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
对 deoi3
right
于 jyu4
to go
to take
sentence-final interrogative particle
variant of 于yú [于]
in
on
at
a surname
食物 sik6 mat6
food
是 si6
is
很 han2
very
高要 gou1 jiu3
Kaoyao
求 kau4
to seek
to look for
to request
to demand
to beseech
to pray
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

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