How to pronounce 手指 in Cantonese (28 out of 235):

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蕃薯條有手指咁粗
The cranes are as thick as fingers.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

蕃薯 faan4 syu4
sweet potato
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
有 jau6
also
again
手指 sau2 zi2
(slang) (of computer garget) USB flash drive
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
粗 cou1
coarse
rough
thick (for cylindrical objects)
unfinished
vulgar
rude
crude
careless
negligent
inattentive
roughly
husky

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