How to pronounce 三兩 in Cantonese (2 out of 13):

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阿叔未開應該好快學三兩下就搞掂
My uncle had to learn three or two things.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

阿叔 aa3 suk1
uncle (spoken)
未 mei6
not yet
開 hoi1
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect
應該 jing1 goi1
should
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
快 faai3
fast
學 hok6
to learn
to study
to imitate
science
–ology
a branch of study
school
college
course of education
learning
knowledge
to learn and become
similar to
三兩 saam1 loeng5
a few
下 haa6
down
downwards
below, under, underneath
lower
later
next (week etc)
second (of two parts)
to decline
to go down
to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
inferior
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
搞掂 gaau2 dim6
(exclamatory phrase) 'done!'; (v.) to finish something; to settle something; to kill someone.
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