How to pronounce 縮骨 in Cantonese (2 out of 2):

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佢又起得好縮骨似佢身形

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
得 dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
縮骨 suk1 gwat1
(slang) (of people) selfish; stingy; scheming selfishly; petty shrewdness; bean counter; crafty
似 ci5
seems as if
rather like
Taiwan pr. [sìde]
to resemble
身形 san1 jing4
figure (of physique)

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