How to pronounce 短 in Cantonese (152 out of 404):

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哇 ! Ricko ! 你咁短既...條片 !
Ricko, you are so short...

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

哇 waa1
replaces 啊a [啊] when following the vowel "u" or "ao"
the sound of crying or vomiting
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
短 dyun2
short
brief
to lack
weak point
fault
deficient
lacking
shortcomings
mistakes
to owe
unwise
inadequate
insufficient
既 gei3
already
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
片 pin3
thin piece
flake
a slice
to slice
to carve thin
partial
incomplete
one-sided
classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
used with numeral 一yī [一]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
to pare
KangXi radical number 91

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