How to pronounce 斬 in Cantonese (57 out of 115):

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放涼才斬雞
Let it cool before we cut chicken

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

放 fong3
to release
to free
to let go
to put
to place
to let out
to set off (fireworks)
to dismiss
to let off
to lend for interest
to send into exile
to blossom
to enlarge
to lengthen
to let out
to put (animals) out to graze
uninhibited
to be open (unconstrained sexually)
涼 loeng6
to assist
an assistant
才 coi4
ability
talent
sb of a certain type
a capable individual
only
only then
just now
a surname
certainly
indeed
斬 zaam2
to behead (as form of capital punishment)
to chop
to fight
attack with a chopper
雞 gai1
fowl
chicken M: 只zhī [只]
(slang) prostitute
ten thousand dollars
the trigger of a gun

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