How to pronounce 鉛 in Cantonese (26 out of 580):

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只要粒鉛啱啱令到條絲到底就夠喇
As long as the lead just makes the silk, it's enough.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

只要 zi2 yiu3
as long as
粒 nap1
grain
granule
classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
a small particle
to have rice as food
ten thousand
a quantifier for hours
a 'pip' on the shoulder of police's uniform indicating the rank
鉛 jyun4
lead
啱啱 ngaam1 ngaam1
(adverb) just right; just now
令到 ling6 dou3
cause one to
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
絲 si1
silk
thread
trace M: 条tiáo [条]
the number 10-4
strings
到底 dou3 dai2
finally
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
夠 gau3
to reach
to be enough
adequate
tired of
fed up with
too
喇 laa3
trumpet
loudspeaker'

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