How to pronounce 枕頭 in Cantonese (10 out of 55):

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就算夜晚攝咗9個枕頭去諗都係唔會記得起架
I don't remember even taking nine pillows at night to think about it.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

就算 zau6 syun3
even if
夜晚 ye6 maan5
night
攝 sip3
to take in
to absorb
to assimilate
to act for
to take a photo
photo shoot
photo
to conserve (one's health)
to administer
to assist
to capture
to approach
to regulate
to wedge
to insert
to block up
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
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
枕頭 zam2 tau4
pillow
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
諗 sam2
to know
to reprimand
to urge
to long for
to tell
to inform
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
唔會 m4 wui2
would not; not possible
記得 gei3 dak1
remember
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
架 gaa3
to support
classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
to prop up
fight
quarrel

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