How to pronounce 仕 in Cantonese (98 out of 131):

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呢兩位師兄都用個掛用啲蝦用嚟釣
they used this fishing tackle and dead prawns as bait

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

ni1
this
loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
師兄 si1 hing1
elder fellow disciple
dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
si6
an official
gwaa3
(verb) to miss (someone); (adverb) maybe
dit1
only a little bit
haa1
frogs
toads
用嚟 jung6 lei4
to use as
diu3
to fish with a hook and bait
to tempt
to lure
a fishhook

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