How to pronounce 縮 in Cantonese (29 out of 66):

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即係唔好太 唔好縮起個膊

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

即係 zik1 hai6
(adverb) same as; exactly as; equivalent to; 'which means' or 'which is to say', usually used before explanations
唔好 m4 hou2
(phrase) don't.
太 taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
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 bok3
shoulder

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