How to pronounce 舌 in Cantonese (2 out of 24):

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黑色呢舊膠呢，就叫筆舌

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

黑色 hak1 sik1
black color
呢 ni1
this
舊 gau6
old
opposite: new 新
former
worn (with age)
hundred bucks
a lump, a quantifier
膠 gaau1
to glue
glue
gum
rubber
adhesive
sticky
plastic
dumb
nonsense
someone who lacks common sense and intelligence
a derogatory term for someone with a weird hobby or fetish
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
叫 giu3
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
筆 bat1
pen
pencil
writing brush
to write or compose
the strokes of Chinese characters
classifier for sums of money, deals M: 支zhī [支]
枝zhī [枝]
quality
style of writing
to do something in writing
舌 sit6
tongue
tongue-shaped object
words
speech
the clapper of a bell
the flame of a fire
KangXi radical 135

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