How to pronounce 一雙 in Cantonese (16 out of 24):

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不必一雙手操縱 你卻恍似螞蟻不息挖洞
without the need for a pair of hands to steer it. Yet you, like an ant, keep digging a hole. It's like being thrown into a

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不必 bat1 bit1
(verb) No need
一雙 jat1 soeng1
A pair
手 sau2
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)
操縱 cau1 zuk6
manipulate
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
卻 koek3
but
yet
however
while
to go back
to decline
to retreat
nevertheless
even though
to repel
to do away with
恍 fong2
disappointed
flurried
indistinct
seemingly
absent-minded
suddenly
似 ci5
seems as if
rather like
Taiwan pr. [sìde]
to resemble
螞蟻 maai5 ngai5
ants
不息 bat1 sik1
unceasing

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