How to pronounce 鹽水 in Cantonese (50 out of 50):

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雞用淡鹽水浸了約十分鐘，現在就剪隻腳
chicken in lightly salted water for about ten minutes. Now, cut off one foot. I've

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

雞 gai1
fowl
chicken M: 只zhī [只]
(slang) prostitute
ten thousand dollars
the trigger of a gun
用 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
淡 taam4
an alternative form for 痰, phlegm
鹽水 jim4 seoi2
saline water
浸 cam1
to immerse
to soak
to steep
gradually
to spend time in a place or a job
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
約 joek3
to make an appointment
to invite
approximately
pact
treaty
to economize
to restrict
to reduce (a fraction)
concise
treaty
agreement
convenant
appointment
engagement
to restrain
to restrict
to control
brief
simple
十分 sap6 fan1
very
鐘 zung1
clock
o'clock
time as measured in hours and minutes
bell M: 架jià [架]
座zuò [座]
hour
the time time of a prostitute paid for by a client
現在 jin6 zoi6
now
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
剪 zin2
scissors
shears
clippers M: 把bǎ [把]
to cut with scissors
to trim
to wipe out or exterminate
to divide
to separate
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
腳 gok3
role to play a character in a play
show
movie etc

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