How to pronounce 沙漏 in Cantonese (3 out of 11):

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佢會俾個沙漏你等漏完就可以食
It'll be in the sand until you've had enough.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
俾 pai3
a parapet
to look askance
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
沙漏 saa1 lau6
hourglass
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
等 ting2
sort
kind
type
漏 lau6
to leak
to divulge
to leave out by mistake
waterclock or hourglass (old)
funnel
hour glass
to miss out
a leak
a loophole
a flaw
完 jyun4
to finish
to be over
whole
complete
entire
to run out
a surname
就可以 zau6 ho2 ji5
then can
食 zi6
to feed

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