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

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泡抣起後放糖，要放多少？大約落四粒手指頭大小
off. After skimming off the bubbles, add sugar. How much? Add about the size of four fingers.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

泡 pou5
bubble
foam
lather
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
後 hau6
back
behind
rear
afterwards
after
later
descendants
then
a surname
future
after next
succeeding
放 fong3
to release
to free
to let go
to put
to place
to let out
to set off (fireworks)
to dismiss
to let off
to lend for interest
to send into exile
to blossom
to enlarge
to lengthen
to let out
to put (animals) out to graze
uninhibited
to be open (unconstrained sexually)
糖 tong2
sweets
candy M: 颗kē [颗]
块kuài [块]
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
多少 do1 siu2
how much
大約 daai6 joek3
(adverb) About
落 lok6
to fall or drop
(of the sun) to set
(of a tide) to go out
to lower
to decline or sink
to lag or fall behind
to fall onto
to rest with
to get or receive
to write down
whereabouts
settlement
to deliver
to put in
四 sei3
(slang) labourer
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
手指頭 sau2 zi2 tau2
fingers
大小 daai6 siu2
size

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