How to pronounce 勾 in Cantonese (69 out of 259):

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勾沙蝦仔或紅鬚

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

勾 ngau1
to hook
to sew
to crochet
hook
barb
check mark or tick
window catch
to join
to connect
to entice
a type of stroke with a hook
the base of a right triangle
to strike out
to cancel
to paint
to be reminded of something in the past
to seduce
to solicit
to thicken (soup
gravy etc)
to grasp
to get hold of
(a) year (of someone's age)
沙 saa1
granule
hoarse
raspy
sand
powder M: 粒lì [粒]
abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
a surname
蝦 haa1
frogs
toads
仔 zi2
meticulous
或 waak6
maybe
perhaps
might
possibly
or
someone
slightly
紅 hung4
red
popular
revolutionary
bonus
blush
flush
鬚 sou1
beard
mustache
feeler (of an insect etc)
tassel
whiskers
pistil of flowers

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