How to pronounce 劏 in Cantonese (38 out of 39):

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怕被劏了，最緊要有得坐
I am afraid that I will be detained.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

怕 paa3
to be afraid
to fear
to dread
to be unable to endure
perhaps
apprehensive
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
劏 tong1
to butcher
to slaughter
to vomit
to cheat
to trick
to extort money
to rob
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
最緊要 zeoi3 gan2 jiu3
most important
有得 jau5 dak1
has
坐 zo6
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced

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