How to pronounce 撿 in Cantonese (33 out of 35):

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你撿了幾粒石呀？很漂亮喔
How many stones did you pick up? It's beautiful

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
撿 gaan2
pick up
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
幾 gei2
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
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
石 sek6
rock
stone
stone inscription
one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音bāyīn [八音]
mineral elements in medicine
a surname
stone made-
unproductive
mineral
KangXi radical 112
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
很 han2
very
漂亮 piu3 loeng6
beautiful
喔 o1
I see
interjection or exclamation, 'oh'

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