綠豆仔 (luk6 dau2 zai2) — literally: little green bean; librium,… in Cantonese

lukˍ₆綠dauˊ²豆zaiˊ²仔

简绿豆仔

Mandarin Pinyin: lv4dou4 zi3

Meaning of 綠豆仔

nounliterally: little green bean; librium, a type of tranquiliser [colloquial]

lukˍ₆綠dauˊ²豆zaiˊ²仔houˊ²好naanˎ₄難sikˍ₆食

Mung beans taste bad.

ngoˏ₅我soengˊ²想sikˍ₆食lukˍ₆綠dauˊ²豆zaiˊ²仔

I want to eat mung beans.

lukˍ₆綠dauˊ²豆zaiˊ²仔zukˉ¹粥houˊ²好jitˍ₆熱

Mung bean porridge is very hot.

bouˉ¹煲lukˍ₆綠dauˊ²豆zaiˊ²仔tongˉ¹湯

Boil mung bean soup.

niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有lukˍ₆綠dauˊ²豆zaiˊ²仔

There are mung beans here.

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