How to pronounce 籠 in Cantonese (84 out of 85):

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但不知道為什麼這籠就有4粒
but for some reason this basket had four.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
不知道 bat1 zi1 dou6
not knowing
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
籠 lung5
large box
trunk
chest
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
有 jau6
also
again
粒 nap1
grain
granule
classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
a small particle
to have rice as food
ten thousand
a quantifier for hours
a 'pip' on the shoulder of police's uniform indicating the rank

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