How to pronounce 衰 in Cantonese (52 out of 105):

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衰撚左啦 呢啲位

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

衰 seoi1
to decline
to wane
to become weak or feeble
to go downhill
irritating
annoying
disgusting
unpleasant
nasty-looking
ugly
bad
to fail
to make a mistake
to lose face
to be caught doing something wrong
mean
to be a jerk
terrible
to be down on luck
useless
to be arrested or convicted of an offense
to screw up
to fail on
撚 nin5
to twirl
twist with fingers
to hold
a wick
a type of plucking method for the pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument
左 zo2
left
the Left (politics)
east
unorthodox
queer
wrong
differing
opposite
variant of 佐zuǒ [佐]
clumsy
awkward
queer
odd
bigoted
to be demoted
a surname
used after a verb as a marker to show that the action has been completed
used after an adjective to show a change in a state
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
呢啲 ni1 di1
(slang) these
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status

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