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How to say “Today it’s sweetcorn and fish-maw soup” in Cantonese
Watch, listen, and try the phrase at your own pace.
The Cantonese phrase
今日係粟米魚肚湯gam1 jat6 hai6 suk1 mai5 jyu4 tou5 tong1
Today it’s sweetcorn and fish-maw soup
Video uses a saved generated-voice recording from the Canto School app library.
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Look closer at this phrase
粟米魚肚湯 is the full soup name. Recognize it as a menu item rather than splitting 魚肚 into a literal request.
The number after each Jyutping syllable marks its Cantonese tone. Listen to the whole saved recording and repeat at your own pace.
When to use it
Server · Naming the daily soup. Builds listening around a realistic dish