How to pronounce 宰 in Cantonese (21 out of 32):

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你就會開始想宰活蛇
you would start to want to butcher live snakes.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
開始 hoi1 ci2
begin
想 soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
宰 zoi2
slaughter
活 wut6
to live
alive
living
work
workmanship
to save the life of
to keep alive
vivid
lively
active
movable
flexible
handicraft work
manual labour
to exist
to survive
蛇 seu4
used in transliteration for 'sir', in addressing a policeman or a male school teacher

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