How to pronounce 匙 in Cantonese (42 out of 53):

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剛拿了房匙卡 現在先開一杯蘋果茶等一等老婆
just got my key card. I'm having a cup of apple tea while I wait for my wife.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

剛 gong1
hard
firm
strong
just
barely
exactly
tough
rigid
just now
拿了 naa4 liu5
took
房 pong4
Epang palace
to hesistate
匙 si4
key
卡 zaap6
to stop
to block
card M: 张zhāng [张]
片piàn [片]
calorie
cassette
(computing) (coll.) slow
lorry
truck
checkpoint
customs barrier
road block
to get stuck
to be jammed
to choke
a carriage
現在 jin6 zoi6
now
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
開 hoi1
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
杯 bui1
cup
蘋果 ping4 gwo2
apple
茶 caa4
Tea
等一等 dang2 yat1 dang2
wait a moment
老婆 lou5 po4
wife

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