How to pronounce 數字 in Cantonese (157 out of 365):

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只要直接讀小時嘅數字就得啦
Instead, we read the time by the hour hand,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

只要 zi2 yiu3
as long as
直接 zik6 zip3
direct
讀 duk6
to read
to study
reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音pīnyīn [拼音]
to attend school
小時 siu2 si4
(noun) childhood
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
數字 sou3 zi6
number
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
得 dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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