How to pronounce 短 in Cantonese (382 out of 404):

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可以把它切短一些
The broccolini can cut it shorter

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

可以 ho2 ji5
(adjective) so so
把 baa3
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
它 to1
it
other
used as a meaningless mock object
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
短 dyun2
short
brief
to lack
weak point
fault
deficient
lacking
shortcomings
mistakes
to owe
unwise
inadequate
insufficient
一些 jat1 se1
some

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