How to pronounce 抓 in Cantonese (8 out of 109):

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所以叫咗個火腿雞蛋肉鬆手抓餅
So I had the ham and the egg loose and grab the cake.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

所以 so2 ji5
hence
叫 giu3
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
火腿 fo2 teoi2
ham
雞蛋 gai1 daan6
egg
肉鬆 juk6 sung1
pork floss
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)
抓 zaau2
to grab
to catch
to arrest
to snatch
to scratch
to take charge of
to control
餅 bing2
round flat cake
cookie
cake
pastry M: 张zhāng [张]
biscuits
ten thousands dollars

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