How to pronounce 縮 in Cantonese (51 out of 66):

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把蔬菜焗一下就會縮在一起 不要以為有很多菜

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

把 baa3
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
蔬菜 so1 coi3
vegetable
焗 guk6
(dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot
to steam
to bake
to be trapped in a situation
to be forced to do something
stuffy
muggy
一下 yat1 haa5
once
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
縮 suk1
to withdraw
to pull back
to contract
to shrink
to reduce
abbreviation
also pr. [sù]
to curtail
to back out from something
在一起 zoi6 jat1 hei2
together
不要 bat1 jiu3
do not
以為 yi5 wai2
thought
有 jau6
also
again
很多 han2 do1
noun; a lot of
菜 coi3
dish (type of food)
vegetable
cuisine M: 盘pán [盘]
道dào [道]
(coll.) (one's) type
a prostitute
a sexuallt attractive girl
young woman
a girlfriend
an ox
beef

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