How to pronounce 畫眉 in Cantonese (21 out of 28):

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我奉勸大家 畫眉的時候把鏡子拿遠一點
I advise everyone to hold the mirror farther away when drawing your eyebrows. Don't

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
奉勸 fung6 hyun3
advise
大家 daai6 gaa1
everyone
畫眉 waak6 mei4
drawing eyebrows
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
時候 si4 hau6
time
把 baa3
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
鏡子 geng3 zi2
mirror
拿 naa4
to hold
to seize
to catch
to apprehend
to take
(used in the same way as 把bǎ [把]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
to pick up
with
to arrest
to use
to be confirmed
there!
here!
look!
to give something the finger
遠 jyun6
to keep away from
to shun
to avoid
一點 yat1 dim2
a bit

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