How to pronounce 刨 in Cantonese (10 out of 13):

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一半會刨成絲， 一半會切條
Half of it would be silk, half would be cut.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

一半 jat1 bun3
half
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
刨 paau4*2
a carpenter's planer
a peeler
a shaver
a sharpener
成 seng4
to succeed
to finish
to complete
to accomplish
to become
to turn into
to be all right
OK!
one tenth
success
to amount to
whole
full
almost
nearly
capable
a surname
to settle
絲 si1
silk
thread
trace M: 条tiáo [条]
the number 10-4
strings
切 cit3
definitely
absolutely (not)
(scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.
Tut!
to grind
close to
eager
to correspond to
see also 反切fǎnqiè [反切]
to cut
to mince
to slice
to carve
tangent
eager
must
to be sure to
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
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