How to pronounce 短 in Cantonese (254 out of 404):

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不要靠太近 還是我手短的關係？ 所以很近？
Don't get too close or is it because my arms are too short? So it's close?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不要 bat1 jiu3
do not
靠 kaau3
to lean against or on
to stand by the side of
to come near to
to depend on
to trust
to fuck (vulgar)
traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
near
along
toward
by
trustworthy
reliable
太 taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
近 kan5
near
close to
approximately
to approach
intimate
approximate
closely related
還是 waan4 si6
or
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
手 sau2
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)
短 dyun2
short
brief
to lack
weak point
fault
deficient
lacking
shortcomings
mistakes
to owe
unwise
inadequate
insufficient
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
關係 gwaan1 hai6
(noun) connection
所以 so2 ji5
hence
很 han2
very

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