How to pronounce 廿 in Cantonese (6 out of 52):

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只係短短廿秒已經可以將千層肚煮熟
You can cook a thousand layers of stomach in 20 seconds.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

只係 zi2 hai6
only (spoken)
短短 dyun2 dyun2
short
廿 jap6
twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions
also written using banker's character 念
twentieth
twenty-odd
秒 miu5
second (of time)
unit of angle or arc equivalent to one sixtieth of a degree
beard of corn or grain
已經 ji5 ging1
already
可以 ho2 ji5
(adjective) so so
將 zoeng3
a military commander
a general officer
to command
千 cin1
thousand
many
numerous
very
a surname
a swindler
to swindle
to cheat at gambling
層 cang4
layer
stratum
laminated
floor (of a building)
storey
classifier for layers
repeated
sheaf (math.)
to overlap
肚 tou5
belly
abdomen
bowels
煮熟 zyu2 suk6
cook thoroughly
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