How to pronounce 總共 in Cantonese (99 out of 271):

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總共轉咗三手，即係三個人隻手
And they turned around, three hands, three people.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

總共 zung2 gung1
in total
轉 zyun3
to revolve
to rotate
to spin
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
三 saam3
multiple times; repeatedly
手 sau2
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)
即係 zik1 hai6
(adverb) same as; exactly as; equivalent to; 'which means' or 'which is to say', usually used before explanations
個人 go3 jan4
personal
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)

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