How to pronounce 劏 in Cantonese (16 out of 39):

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香港解牛的人只叫「劏牛佬」
Hong Kong, people who butcher cattle are just called "cow butchers".

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
解 haai5
to understand
acrobatic skills on horseback
part of a place name
a surname
牛 ngau4
ox
cow
bull M: 条tiáo [条]
头tóu [头]
(slang) awesome
KangXi radical 93
name of a constellation
stubborn
arrogant
a surname
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
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
只 zi2
only
merely
just
but
叫 giu3
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
劏 tong1
to butcher
to slaughter
to vomit
to cheat
to trick
to extort money
to rob
佬 liu4
male (usually old)
man
guy
bloke
dude (Cantonese)
a vulgar person

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