How to pronounce 剪 in Cantonese (180 out of 485):

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因為我已經剪起咗條片啦[哈哈哈哈]
because I've already started cutting strips [hahahaha].

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
已經 ji5 ging1
already
剪 zin2
scissors
shears
clippers M: 把bǎ [把]
to cut with scissors
to trim
to wipe out or exterminate
to divide
to separate
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
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
片 pin3
thin piece
flake
a slice
to slice
to carve thin
partial
incomplete
one-sided
classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
used with numeral 一yī [一]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
to pare
KangXi radical number 91
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
哈哈 haa1 haa1
haha

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