How to pronounce 細 in Cantonese (97 out of 401):

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食咗隻細嘅
I ate the little one.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

食 zi6
to feed
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
細 sai3
thin or slender
finely particulate
thin and soft
fine
delicate
trifling
(of a sound) quiet
frugal
tiny
small
little
detailed
trifling
exquisite
junior members of an organisation such as a triad gang
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
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