How to pronounce 手指公 in Cantonese (8 out of 8):

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手指公大的兩粒冰糖,八粒乾蔥,八片薑片,蔥,一齊放下去
two rock sugar pieces (about the size of a finger), eight shallots, eight slices of ginger, and scallions. Add

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

joek3
to make an appointment
to invite
approximately
pact
treaty
to economize
to restrict
to reduce (a fraction)
concise
treaty
agreement
convenant
appointment
engagement
to restrain
to restrict
to control
brief
simple
手指公 sau2 zi2 gung1
(noun) thumb
taai3
an alternative form for the word太, too
dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
兩粒 loeng5 nap1
[measure word] two pieces
冰糖 bing1 tong4
(noun) Rock sugar
baat3
eight
all around
all sides
to nose around
to pry into something
describes someone who is nosy or likes to gossip
to tell
to gossip
nap1
grain
granule
classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
a small particle
to have rice as food
ten thousand
a quantifier for hours
a 'pip' on the shoulder of police's uniform indicating the rank
乾蔥 gon1 cung1
dried onion
pin3
thin piece
flake
a slice
to slice
to carve thin
partial
incomplete
one-sided
classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
used with numeral 一yī [一]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
to pare
KangXi radical number 91
goeng1
ginger
cung1
scallion
green onion
pale green
yellowish green
一齊 jat1 cai4
(adverb) all together
放下 fong3 haa5
put down
heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

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