How to pronounce 腰 in Cantonese (20 out of 84):

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首先我地寫咗s中間條腰先， 之後再寫上下個兩個勾，

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

首先 sau2 sin1
first of all
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
地 deng6
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
寫 se2
to write
to sketch
to compose
to write out
to describe
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
中間 zung1 gaan1
middle
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
腰 jiu1
waist
lower back
pocket
middle
loins
kidney
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
之後 zi1 hau6
after
再 zoi3
again
上下 soeng6 haa6
up and down
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
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
勾 ngau1
to hook
to sew
to crochet
hook
barb
check mark or tick
window catch
to join
to connect
to entice
a type of stroke with a hook
the base of a right triangle
to strike out
to cancel
to paint
to be reminded of something in the past
to seduce
to solicit
to thicken (soup
gravy etc)
to grasp
to get hold of
(a) year (of someone's age)

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