How to pronounce 短 in Cantonese (362 out of 404):

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所以春媽都收短啲條繩咁行
So Chun Ma is just keeping the ropes short.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

所以 so2 ji5
hence
春 ceon1
spring (time)
gay
joyful
youthful
love
lust
life
used in expressions of exasperation or irritation
媽 maa5
Mazu
Matsu
Ma-tsu, a patron goddess in Chinese legends
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
收 sau1
to receive
to accept
to collect
to put away
to restrain
to stop
in care of (used on address line after name)
to harvest
to regain
to take something back
to gather
to build an affiliation with someone such as to adopt
to take in
to hide
to retract
to punish
to contain
to end
to retrieve
短 dyun2
short
brief
to lack
weak point
fault
deficient
lacking
shortcomings
mistakes
to owe
unwise
inadequate
insufficient
啲 dit1
only a little bit
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
繩 sing2
rope M: 根gēn [根]
string
cord
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
行 hong6
strong

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