How to pronounce 短 in Cantonese (155 out of 404):

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大家都嚟齊㗎啦只係爭呀短咋
We're all here, just fighting.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

大家 daai6 gaa1
everyone
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
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
齊 zi1
hem of robe
㗎 gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
只係 zi2 hai6
only (spoken)
爭 zaang1
deficient or lacking (dialect)
owe
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
短 dyun2
short
brief
to lack
weak point
fault
deficient
lacking
shortcomings
mistakes
to owe
unwise
inadequate
insufficient
咋 zaa4
final particle meaning 'merely
only' when used in a rhetorical question

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