How to pronounce 斤 in Cantonese (7 out of 656):

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今日準備了斤半的大眼仔
I'm ready for a pound and a half of eyeballs today.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

今日 gam1 jat6
(adverb) nowadays; today
準備 zeon2 bei6
(verb) to get ready
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
斤 gan3
catty
weight equal to 0.5 kg
(Tw) weight equal to 0.6 kg
an axe
shrewdly
hundred (bucks)
半 bun3
half
semi-
incomplete
(after a number) and a half
in the middle
partly
very little
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
大眼仔 dai6 ngaan5 zai2
tadpole
a naive or inexperienced person

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