How to pronounce 南瓜 in Cantonese (42 out of 106):

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首先要用枝叉去插個南瓜

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

首先 sau2 sin1
first of all
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
枝 zi1
branch
classifier for sticks, rods, pencils, flowers etc
limbs
to branch off
叉 caa1
fork
pitchfork
prong
pick
cross
intersect
"X"
to cross arms
to pierce
to stab
to pick up with a fork
to play mahjong
to branch out
to be stuck
trousers
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
插 caap3
to insert
stick in
pierce
to take part in
to interfere
to interpose
to plant
to stab with a knife
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
南瓜 naam4 gwaa1
pumpkin

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