How to pronounce 短 in Cantonese (220 out of 404):

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切过来右面的镜头，看看这些房子也有不短的历史了
Cut from the shot on the right, you can see that these houses have a long history.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

切 cit3
definitely
absolutely (not)
(scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.
Tut!
to grind
close to
eager
to correspond to
see also 反切fǎnqiè [反切]
to cut
to mince
to slice
to carve
tangent
eager
must
to be sure to
过 go3
pass
来 loi4
come
右面 jau6 min6
right side
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
镜 ging3
mirror
头 tau4
head
看看 hon3 hon3
have a look
这 ze2
this
些 se1
some
few
several
measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)
a little
somewhat
房子 fong2 zi2
house
也 jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
有 jau6
also
again
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
短 dyun2
short
brief
to lack
weak point
fault
deficient
lacking
shortcomings
mistakes
to owe
unwise
inadequate
insufficient
历 lik6
history
史 si2
history
annals
title of an official historian in ancient China
chronicle
a surname
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret

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