How to pronounce 先 in Cantonese (116 out of 7926):

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先拍一拍，就可以擺塊薄荷葉落去

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
拍 paak2
racket (sports)
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
就可以 zau6 ho2 ji5
then can
擺 baai2
to arrange
to exhibit
to move to and fro
a pendulum
to put
to place
to display
to swing
to sway
to put on (an expression)
塊 faai3
lump (of earth)
chunk
piece
classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
(coll.) classifier for money and currency units
gap
vagina
cunt
薄荷 bok6 ho4
(noun) Mint
葉 sip3
a surname
落去 lok6 heoi3
go down (spoken)

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