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Siu Mai in Cantonese
How to say it
Siu Mai in Cantonese is 燒賣, written siu1 maai2 in Jyutping.
siu1is tone 1, a high level tonemaai2is tone 2, a high rising tone
The digits are tones, not stress. Change the number and you change the word, so they are worth learning as part of the syllable rather than as an afterthought.
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