How to pronounce 短 in Cantonese (163 out of 404):

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但係 其實我執佢返嚟嘅時候已經見到佢條尾好短
But when I grabbed him back, I actually saw his tail was short.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但係 daan6 hai6
(conjunction) but
其實 kei4 sat6
actually
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
執 zap1
to execute (a plan)
to grasp
father's friends
to hold
to keep to
to persist
stubborn
to coduct
to take charge of
to stick to
written acknowledgement
to catch
an intimate friend
to pick up
to pack up
to tidy up
to clean up
to correct
to revise
to close down
to go out of business
to beat up
to physically assault
to have sex with
to go bankrupt
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
返嚟 faan2 lai2
come back here (spoken)
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
時候 si4 hau6
time
已經 ji5 ging1
already
見到 gin3 dou2
see
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
尾 mei5
tail
remainder
remnant
extremity
sixth of the 28 constellations
classifier for fish
end
the stern
the rear
the last
hair on a horse's tail
spikelets on a cricket's tail
a reprisal
bad consequences
loose ends
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
短 dyun2
short
brief
to lack
weak point
fault
deficient
lacking
shortcomings
mistakes
to owe
unwise
inadequate
insufficient

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