How to pronounce 杉 in Cantonese (3 out of 19):

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又畀我哋發現到，有條杉虎斑喺個水面度游
We discovered there was a Grouper floating

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
畀 bei3
to confer on
to give to
to let
to allow
by
to
have been
我哋 ngo5 dei6
(pronoun) we; us
發現 faat3 jyun6
discover
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
有 jau6
also
again
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
杉 saam1
China fir
Cunninghamia lanceolata
also pr. [shā]
虎 fu2
tiger M: 只zhī [只]
brave
fierce
savage
vigorous
a surname
a notorious figure amongst the world of triad gangs
斑 baan1
spot
colored patch
stripe
spotted
striped
variegated
speckle
stain
a garoupa
喺 hai2
in
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
水面 seoi2 min6
water surface
度 dou6
to pass
to spend (time)
measure
limit
extent
degree of intensity
degree (angles, temperature etc)
kilowatt-hour
classifier for events and occurrences
system
code of conduct
style of conduct
to write words for popular songs
mannerism
here
there
where
a quantifier for door, bridge etc
游 jau6
to swim
variant of 游yóu [游]
to float
to drift
to wander
to roam
reach
section (of a river)
a surname

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