How to pronounce 沙 in Cantonese (138 out of 905):

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所以只係買咗少少沙蝦，買咗五兩就夠啦
So just a little sandwiched, five or two.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

所以 so2 ji5
hence
只係 zi2 hai6
only (spoken)
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
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
少少 siu2 siu2
a little; little bit
沙 saa1
granule
hoarse
raspy
sand
powder M: 粒lì [粒]
abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
a surname
蝦 haa1
frogs
toads
五 ng5
five
a surname
multifarious
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
夠 gau3
to reach
to be enough
adequate
tired of
fed up with
too
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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