How to pronounce 掣 in Cantonese (145 out of 177):

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咁佢呢個位喇第三粒掣

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
呢個 ni1 go3
this
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
喇 laa3
trumpet
loudspeaker'
第三 dai6 saam1
the third
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
掣 zai3
to pull
to draw
to pull back
to withdraw
to flash past
to drag
to hinder
switch
button
brake

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