How to pronounce 尺 in Cantonese (58 out of 106):

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我看光面積都有300尺這間房
I think the area alone is about 300 square feet,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
看 hon3
to see
to look at
to read
to watch
to visit
to call on
to consider
to regard as
to depend on
to feel (that)
(after verb) to give it a try
Watch out! (for a danger)
to consult a doctor
to judge
光 gwong1
light
ray M: 道dào [道]
bright
only
merely
to use up
glossy
smooth
glory
honor
bare
naked
a surname
面積 min6 zik1
area
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
有 jau6
also
again
尺 cek3
a Chinese foot
one-third of a meter
a ruler
a tape-measure
one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine M: 支zhī [支]
把bǎ [把]
a letter
one hundred
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
間房 gaan3 fong2
to partition a room; to charge customers sharing a taxi together per head instead (to split the cost) [colloquial]

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