How to pronounce 竿 in Cantonese (64 out of 77):

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會用支十零呎嘅手竿

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
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
支 zi1
to support
to sustain
to erect
to raise
branch
division
to draw money
classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
to separate
to send away
to disperse
twelve earthly branches
十零 sap6 ling4
ten something
呎 cek3
foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
old form of modern 英尺 yīngchǐ
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
手 sau2
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)
竿 gon1
pole
rod
a quantifier for the number of bamboos

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