How to pronounce 縮 in Cantonese (28 out of 66):

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係舉高嘅 咁但係舉高嘅時候唔好縮起個膊頭啦
Don't flex your shoulders. It's OK as long as you lift it to this position. Lower it to 90 degrees, which is the

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
舉 geoi2
to lift
to hold up
to cite
to enumerate
to act
to raise
to choose
to elect
an act
a move
a deed
an action
to initiate
to undertake
to nominate
to recommend
to praise
to give birth to
to erect
to suggest
all of
deportment
高 gou1
high
tall
above average
loud
your (honorific)
lofty
a high level or degree
superior
a surname
elevated
respectable
noble
expensive
old
supreme
high pitched
high quality
height
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
但係 daan6 hai6
(conjunction) but
時候 si4 hau6
time
唔好 m4 hou2
(phrase) don't.
縮 suk1
to withdraw
to pull back
to contract
to shrink
to reduce
abbreviation
also pr. [sù]
to curtail
to back out from something
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
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
膊頭 bok3 tau4
(n.) shoulder; (slang) if someone is described as '有膊頭', it implies that he
she is a responsible person who is willing and able to take responsibility
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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