How to pronounce 眼 in Cantonese (305 out of 466):

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化眼妝前 我習慣先夾睫毛
I am used eye makeup before the first folder eyelashes

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

化 faa3
to make into
to change into
-ization
to ... -ize
to transform
abbr. for 化学huàxué [化学]
to melt
to dissolve
customs and habits
to beg for alms
眼 ngaan5
eye
small hole
crux (of a matter) M: 只zhī [只]
双shuāng [双]
classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) or needle, nail, lamp etc
eyelet
opening
aperture
salient point
insight
trap (in chess)
unaccented beat (in opera)
eyesight
妝 zong1
(of a woman) to adorn oneself
makeup
adornment
trousseau
stage makeup and costume
to doll up
to apply makeup
dowry
前 cin4
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
習慣 zaap6 gwaan3
habit
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
夾 gip6
to press from either side
to place in between
to sandwich
to carry sth under armpit
wedged between
between
to intersperse
to mix
to mingle
clip
folder
Taiwan pr. [jiá]
double layered
lined
to work together
to chip in together
forcibly
as well as
tweezers
pincers
pliers
a fasterner
睫毛 zit3 mou4
eyelashes

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