How to pronounce 絲 in Cantonese (2 out of 860):

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手絲釣魚
Silk fishing.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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)
絲 si1
silk
thread
trace M: 条tiáo [条]
the number 10-4
strings
釣魚 diu3 jyu4
fishing

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