How to pronounce 沙 in Cantonese (230 out of 905):

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沙蝦我哋就一啲都冇買嚟
We didn't buy anything on the beach.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

沙 saa1
granule
hoarse
raspy
sand
powder M: 粒lì [粒]
abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
a surname
蝦 haa1
frogs
toads
我哋 ngo5 dei6
(pronoun) we; us
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
一啲 jat1 di1
a bit
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
冇 mo5
to not have (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis

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