How to pronounce 姚 in Cantonese (7 out of 14):

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姚酸菜魚又係會俾個沙漏你

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

姚 jiu4
handsome
good-looking
a surname
酸菜 syun1 coi3
pickled vegetables
魚 jyu2
fish M: 条tiáo [条]
尾wěi [尾]
a surname
KangXi radical 195
a reptile
to fish
又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
俾 pai3
a parapet
to look askance
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
沙漏 saa1 lau6
hourglass
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person

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