How to pronounce 芡 in Cantonese (8 out of 17):

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勾薄芡便可

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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)
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
便 pin4
cheap
unmerited advantages
glib-tongued
bulging
可 ho2
can
may
able to
to approve
to permit
to suit
(particle used for emphasis) certainly
very
fit
to be worth (doing)
to need (doing)
but
however
yet
actually

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