How to pronounce 短 in Cantonese (398 out of 404):

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基本上你用短過這條片的時間
Basically you spend less time than this piece

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

基本上 gei1 bun2 soeng6
basically
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
短 dyun2
short
brief
to lack
weak point
fault
deficient
lacking
shortcomings
mistakes
to owe
unwise
inadequate
insufficient
過 gwo3
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
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
片 pin3
thin piece
flake
a slice
to slice
to carve thin
partial
incomplete
one-sided
classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
used with numeral 一yī [一]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
to pare
KangXi radical number 91
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
時間 si4 gaan3
time

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