How to pronounce 掣 in Cantonese (4 out of 177):

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咁大粒掣
That's a big grain of rice.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

咁大 gam2 daai6
so big
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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