How to pronounce 短 in Cantonese (56 out of 404):

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到別的地方通常是步行或坐馬車，短則半個月，長則數月

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
別的 bit6 dik1
other
地方 dei6 fong1
place
通常 tung1 soeng4
normally
是 si6
is
步行 bou6 hang4
walk
或 waak6
maybe
perhaps
might
possibly
or
someone
slightly
坐 zo6
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced
馬車 maa5 ce1
horse-drawn carriage
短 dyun2
short
brief
to lack
weak point
fault
deficient
lacking
shortcomings
mistakes
to owe
unwise
inadequate
insufficient
則 zak1
conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause
standard
norm
rule
to imitate
to follow
then
principle
classifier for written items (such as an official statement, news, reports)
grades
a particle indicating consequence or a reason
but
however
半個 bun3 go3
half
月 jyut6
moon
month
monthly M: 个gè [个]
轮lún [轮]
KangXi radical 74
a surname
moon-shaped
luna
a woman's confinement month after child birth
長 zoeng6
extraneous
數月 sou3 jyut6
several months

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