How to pronounce 縮 in Cantonese (16 out of 66):

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縮埋個身處起啲錢
And I'm going to cut back on my life and make some money.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

縮 suk1
to withdraw
to pull back
to contract
to shrink
to reduce
abbreviation
also pr. [sù]
to curtail
to back out from something
埋 maai4
to bury
to conceal
to hide
to settle (an account)
to close out
to finish up
to move closer to
closer together
as well
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
身處 san1 cyu3
to be located in
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
啲 dit1
only a little bit
錢 zin2
an ancient type of farming tool

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