How to pronounce 筆桿 in Cantonese (8 out of 13):

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第一件事你要抆左個筆蓋先, 之後再擰開個筆桿

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

第一 dai6 jat1
first
件 gin2
item
component
classifier for events, things, clothes etc
matter
letter
document
correspondence
事 si6
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
抆 man2
to wipe
to smooth out
左 zo2
left
the Left (politics)
east
unorthodox
queer
wrong
differing
opposite
variant of 佐zuǒ [佐]
clumsy
awkward
queer
odd
bigoted
to be demoted
a surname
used after a verb as a marker to show that the action has been completed
used after an adjective to show a change in a state
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
筆 bat1
pen
pencil
writing brush
to write or compose
the strokes of Chinese characters
classifier for sums of money, deals M: 支zhī [支]
枝zhī [枝]
quality
style of writing
to do something in writing
蓋 koi3
to surpass
to overwhelm
to drown out
about
around
approximately
for
because
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
之後 zi1 hau6
after
再 zoi3
again
擰開 ning2 hoi1
to unscrew
筆桿 bat1 gon3
pen-barrel

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