How to pronounce 慘 in Cantonese (5 out of 165):

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起馬我調色唔洗調得咁慘
I'm not that bad at riding.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
馬 maa5
horse M: 匹pǐ [匹]
horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
knight in Western chess
a surname
KangXi radicial 187
a subordinate
a prostitute
a follower in a triad gang
a motor bike
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
調色 tiu4 sik1
adjust color
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
洗 sin2
a surname
調 tiu4
harmonious
to adjust
to adjust
to mix
to blend
to mediate
to reconcile
to tease
to provoke
to incite
得 dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
慘 caam2
miserable
wretched
cruel
inhuman
disastrous
tragic
dim
gloomy
pitiful
cruel

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