How to pronounce 擦 in Cantonese (111 out of 117):

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那你剛才擦了什麼呀？
So what did you just wipe?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

那 no6
helpless
relunctantly
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
剛才 gong1 coi2
just now
擦 caat3
to wipe
to erase
rubbing (brush stroke in painting)
to clean
to polish
to apply on
to brush by
to stuff oneself by eating a lot
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
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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