How to pronounce 腰 in Cantonese (54 out of 84):

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我隻手又遮住咗少少腰個位
my hand covers a little bit of my waist. I

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
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)
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)
又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
遮住 ze1 zyu6
cover up
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
少少 siu2 siu2
a little; little bit
腰 jiu1
waist
lower back
pocket
middle
loins
kidney
個位 go3 wai2
that place

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