How to pronounce 剪刀 in Cantonese (20 out of 51):

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桌上有一把剪刀，不知道是用來剪什麽的呢
There's a pair of scissors on the table—I wonder what they're for? The

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

桌 coek3
table
上 soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
有 jau6
also
again
一把 jat1 baa2
bunch
剪刀 zin2 dou1
scissors
不知道 bat1 zi1 dou6
not knowing
是 si6
is
用來 jung6 loi4
to use
剪 zin2
scissors
shears
clippers M: 把bǎ [把]
to cut with scissors
to trim
to wipe out or exterminate
to divide
to separate
什 zaap6
miscellaneous
assorted
麽 mo5
suffix, used to form interrogative 什么shénme [什么], what?, indefinite 这么zhème [这么] thus, etc
exclamatory final particle
interrogative final particle
what for
why
do what
sort of
type of
insignificant
tiny
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
呢 ni1
this

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