How to pronounce 撥 in Cantonese (60 out of 63):

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在這裏我有一個示範，這個動作我不知道國語怎麼說，廣東話我們叫做撥肉
I'll demonstrate this here. I don't know how to say this in Mandarin, but in Cantonese we call it "pushing the meat."

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
這裏 ze5 leoi5
here
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
有 jau6
also
again
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
示範 si6 faan6
demonstrate
這個 ze2 go3
this one
動作 dung6 zok3
action
不知道 bat1 zi1 dou6
not knowing
國語 gwok3 jyu5
Mandarin
怎麼 zam2 mo1
how
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
廣東話 gwong2 dung1 waa2
Cantonese
我們 ngo5 mun4
we
叫做 giu3 zou6
called
撥 put3
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc
to dial
to allocate
to set aside (money)
to poke (the fire)
to pluck (a string instrument)
to turn round
classifier: group, batch
to move
to dispel
to distribute
a plectrum
to govern
肉 juk6
meat
flesh
pulp (of a fruit)
(coll.) (of a fruit) squashy
(of a person) flabby
irresolute
KangXi radical 130
physical
slow-motion

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