How to pronounce 搖 in Cantonese (18 out of 111):

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你做咩頭搖又尾擺
What do you do? Shake your head and put your tail down.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
做咩 zou6 me1
what's up?
頭 tau4
head
hair style
the top
end
beginning or end
a stub
remnant
chief
boss
side
aspect
first
leading
classifier for pigs or livestock M: 个gè [个]
used as a suffix
an area
a location
搖 jiu4
to shake
to rock
to row
to crank
to wag
to swing
to wave
to sway
to agitate
又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
尾 mei5
tail
remainder
remnant
extremity
sixth of the 28 constellations
classifier for fish
end
the stern
the rear
the last
hair on a horse's tail
spikelets on a cricket's tail
a reprisal
bad consequences
loose ends
擺 baai2
to arrange
to exhibit
to move to and fro
a pendulum
to put
to place
to display
to swing
to sway
to put on (an expression)

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