How to pronounce 斬 in Cantonese (98 out of 115):

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切雞呢我哋首先斬左條雞頸
Cut off the chicken neck first

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

呢 ni1
this
我哋 ngo5 dei6
(pronoun) we; us
首先 sau2 sin1
first of all
斬 zaam2
to behead (as form of capital punishment)
to chop
to fight
attack with a chopper
左 zo2
left
the Left (politics)
east
unorthodox
queer
wrong
differing
opposite
variant of 佐zuǒ [佐]
clumsy
awkward
queer
odd
bigoted
to be demoted
a surname
used after a verb as a marker to show that the action has been completed
used after an adjective to show a change in a state
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars

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