How to pronounce 鎖住 in Cantonese (6 out of 29):

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鐵環就係用嚟鎖住啲牛等佢哋冇得走
The iron rings were used to lock the cows up so they couldn't leave.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

鐵環 tit3 waan4
iron ring
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
用嚟 jung6 lei4
to use as
鎖住 so2 zyu6
locked;
啲 dit1
only a little bit
牛 ngau4
ox
cow
bull M: 条tiáo [条]
头tóu [头]
(slang) awesome
KangXi radical 93
name of a constellation
stubborn
arrogant
a surname
等 ting2
sort
kind
type
佢哋 keoi5 dei6
(pronoun) they
冇得 mou5 dak1
unable; cannot (spoken)
走 zau2
to walk
to go
to run
to move (of vehicle)
to visit
to leave
to go away
to die (euph.)
from
through
away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走chèzǒu [撤走])
to change (shape, form, meaning)
to escape
to run away
to make a trip
to leak out
to incur loss
one's humble self

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