How to pronounce 短 in Cantonese (47 out of 402):

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嚟到依家，呢隻重製三同樣俾人話短到 唔知點解可以當一隻完整驚咁賣，

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
依家 ji1 gaa1
now; currently
呢 ni1
this
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
重製 cung5 zai3
remake
三 saam3
multiple times; repeatedly
同樣 tung4 joeng6
similarly
俾 pai3
a parapet
to look askance
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
話 waa6
spoken words
speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said M: 种zhǒng [种]
席xí [席]
句jù [句]
口kǒu [口]
番fān [番]
to talk
to speak
to tell
to advise
to persuade
to think
短 dyun2
short
brief
to lack
weak point
fault
deficient
lacking
shortcomings
mistakes
to owe
unwise
inadequate
insufficient
唔知 m4 zi1
don't know (spoken)
點解 dim2 gaai2
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
可以 ho2 ji5
(adjective) so so
當 dong3
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
完整 jyun4 zing2
complete
驚 ging1
to startle
to be frightened
to be scared
to be alarmed
scary
surprised
violent
furious
fierce
raging
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
賣 maai6
to sell
to betray
to spare no effort
to show off or flaunt; an alternative form for 鬻, sell
child
nourish

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