How to pronounce 欠 in Cantonese (17 out of 55):

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因為單位欠了一部洗衣機, 所以租金還可以相量
Because the unit lacks a washing machine, the rent is reasonable.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
單位 daan1 wai2
(noun) apartment
欠 him3
deficient
to owe
to lack
yawn
to need
to stretch and yawn
spiteful
short of
(body) to rise slightly
KangXi radical number 76
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
一部 jat1 bou6
Radical 1, [measure word] a thing, usually used with object or thing like cellphone or movie
洗衣機 sai2 ji1 gei1
washing machine
所以 so2 ji5
hence
租金 zou1 gam1
rent
還可以 waan4 ho2 ji5
still okay; so-so (spoken)
相 soeng2
photo
picture
image
量 loeng6
capacity
quantity
amount
to estimate
abbr. for 量词liàngcí [量词], classifier (in Chinese grammar)
measure word
to appraise
to evaluate
to limit

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