How to pronounce 釘 in Cantonese (167 out of 169):

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不過「爛船有三斤釘」

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不過 bat1 gwo3
however
爛 laan6
soft
mushy
well-cooked and soft
to rot
to decompose
rotten
worn out
chaotic
messy
utterly
thoroughly
crappy
bad
spoiled
decayed
bright coloured
cheesy
crummy
lacking style
to be addicted to
broken
damaged
incomplete
mashed
sodden
low quality
messy
very
extremely
船 syun4
boat
有 jau6
also
again
三斤 saam1 gan1
three catties (approx. 1.8 kg)
釘 ding1
nail
to follow closely
to keep at sb (to do sth)
variant of 盯dīng [盯]
spike
to pursue closely
to urge
to press
to sew on
to drive in (a nail)
to die
to be investigated by the police
the interest on money borrowed from a loanshark
to mark someone (in a ball game)

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