How to pronounce 短 in Cantonese (167 out of 404):

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你唔好諗住話「啊我嗰隻咁長嘅 我想整短啲啊」
Don't think, "Oh, I want to make that one that's as long as I am".

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
唔好 m4 hou2
(phrase) don't.
諗住 lam2 zyu6
thinking (spoken)
話 waa6
spoken words
speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said M: 种zhǒng [种]
席xí [席]
句jù [句]
口kǒu [口]
番fān [番]
to talk
to speak
to tell
to advise
to persuade
to think
啊 haa4
modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation
approval
surprise
appreciation
consent
request for an answer or confirmation
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
嗰隻 go2 zek3
that one
咁長 gam3 coeng4
so long
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
想 soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
整 zing2
exactly
in good order
whole
complete
entire
in order
orderly
to repair
to mend
to renovate
(coll.) to fix sb
to give sb a hard time
to mess with sb
to tidy
to arrange
to adjust
to make ready
to set in order
to make
to fetch
to give
to trick
短 dyun2
short
brief
to lack
weak point
fault
deficient
lacking
shortcomings
mistakes
to owe
unwise
inadequate
insufficient
啲 dit1
only a little bit

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