How to pronounce 竹簽 in Cantonese (9 out of 9):

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最後服務員拿竹簽去磅重, 我沒有超過半斤, 其實應該再食多些串串
In the end, the waiter took the bamboo sticks to weigh me. I was less than half a catty, and I should have eaten more skewers.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

最後 zeoi3 hau6
last
服務員 fu6 mou6 jyun4
waiter
拿 naa4
to hold
to seize
to catch
to apprehend
to take
(used in the same way as 把bǎ [把]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
to pick up
with
to arrest
to use
to be confirmed
there!
here!
look!
to give something the finger
竹簽 zuk1 cim1
Bamboo stick; a bamboo skewer
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
磅重 bong6 zung6
pounds in weight
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
沒有 mou5 jau5
without
超過 ciu1 gwo3
exceed
半 bun3
half
semi-
incomplete
(after a number) and a half
in the middle
partly
very little
斤 gan3
catty
weight equal to 0.5 kg
(Tw) weight equal to 0.6 kg
an axe
shrewdly
hundred (bucks)
其實 kei4 sat6
actually
應該 jing1 goi1
should
再 zoi3
again
食 zi6
to feed
多些 do1 se1
More
串 gwaan3
habit
relatives

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