How to pronounce 扭 in Cantonese (78 out of 185):

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咁幾緊先夠呢其實就係隻手已經扭唔郁嗰粒thumbscrew

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
幾 gei2
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
緊 gan2
tight
strict
close at hand
near
urgent
tense
hard up
short of money
to tighten
taut
firm
secure
tight (short of money)
placed afte a verb to indicate an ongoing
continuous
non-stopping action
fast
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
夠 gau3
to reach
to be enough
adequate
tired of
fed up with
too
呢 ni1
this
其實 kei4 sat6
actually
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
手 sau2
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)
已經 ji5 ging1
already
扭 nau5
to turn
to twist
to wring
to sprain
to swing one's hips
to seize
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
郁 wat1
te simplified form for 鬱, luxuriant
depressed
嗰 go3
that
those (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 那nà [那]
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

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