How to pronounce 手指頭 in Cantonese (5 out of 6):

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首先將它切得不要太大粒，如手指頭大小，全部放入去
First, cut it into pieces that are not too big, like the size of a finger, and put it all in. Close the

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

首先 sau2 sin1
first of all
將 zoeng3
a military commander
a general officer
to command
它 to1
it
other
used as a meaningless mock object
切 cit3
definitely
absolutely (not)
(scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.
Tut!
to grind
close to
eager
to correspond to
see also 反切fǎnqiè [反切]
to cut
to mince
to slice
to carve
tangent
eager
must
to be sure to
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
不要 bat1 jiu3
do not
太大 taai3 daai6
Too big
粒 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
如 jyu4
as
as if
such as
supposing
if
like
as good as
according to
to go to
should
on time
手指頭 sau2 zi2 tau2
fingers
大小 daai6 siu2
size
全部 cyun4 bou6
(determiner) all of
放入 fong3 jap6
to put inside; to add; to place
去 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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