How to pronounce 淨係 in Cantonese (265 out of 321):

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所以今日淨係玩手絲啦
So today, we're just playing silk.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

所以 so2 ji5
hence
今日 gam1 jat6
(adverb) nowadays; today
淨係 zing6 hai6
only; merely
玩 waan2
to play
to have fun
to trifle with
to amuse oneself
to have a good time
to not be serious
to be only joking
to play at
to do
to fool with
to mess around with someone
to be disrespectful
to treat someone as unimportant
手 sau2
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)
絲 si1
silk
thread
trace M: 条tiáo [条]
the number 10-4
strings
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
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