How to pronounce 芡 in Cantonese (11 out of 17):

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有人會勾個薄芡的

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

有人 yau5 jan4
someone has
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
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)
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
薄 bok6
thin
cold in manner
indifferent
weak
light
infertile
slight
poor
infertile
unkind
to belittle
frivolous
unstately
harsh
to approach
a surname
peppermint
芡 him3
Gorgon plant
fox nut (Gorgon euryale or Euryale ferox)
makhana (Hindi)
plant allied to the water – lily
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force

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