How to pronounce 幾米 in Cantonese (4 out of 4):

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會忍得到一隻幾米高專捉細蚊仔嚟食嘅嘢 喺附近走嚟走去？
can they tolerate a Jimmy Cat catching tiny mosquitoes to eat and walking around nearby?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
忍 jan5
to bear
to endure
to tolerate
to restrain oneself
to repress
truculence
merciless
得到 dak1 dou3
got
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
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
幾米 gei2 bei1
jimmy
高 gou1
high
tall
above average
loud
your (honorific)
lofty
a high level or degree
superior
a surname
elevated
respectable
noble
expensive
old
supreme
high pitched
high quality
height
專 zyun1
for a particular person, occasion, purpose
focused on one thing
special
expert
particular (to sth)
concentrated
specialized
捉 zuk3
to clutch
to grab
to capture
to catch
to grasp
細蚊仔 sai3 man1 zai2
(slang) kids; children; child; a little boy
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
食 zi6
to feed
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
嘢 je5
thing
matter (Cantonese)
see also 乜嘢miēyě [乜嘢]
a derogatory way to refer to a person
heroin
喺 hai2
in
附近 fu6 gan6
nearby
走 zau2
to walk
to go
to run
to move (of vehicle)
to visit
to leave
to go away
to die (euph.)
from
through
away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走chèzǒu [撤走])
to change (shape, form, meaning)
to escape
to run away
to make a trip
to leak out
to incur loss
one's humble self
走去 zau2 heoi3
Go away

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