How to pronounce 鐵線 in Cantonese (1 out of 5):

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如果頭髮似鐵線，佢直程係黑色鐵線頭 (If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.)
If hair is like a thread, it's straight, and it's like a black thread.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

如果 jyu4 gwo2
if
頭髮 tou4 faat3
hair
似 ci5
seems as if
rather like
Taiwan pr. [sìde]
to resemble
鐵線 tit3 sin2
wires
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
直程 zik6 cing4
(adverb) definitely; absolutely; totally; completely; directly; undoubtedly; unquestionably; literally; altogether (to do something outright)
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
黑色 hak1 sik1
black color
頭 tau4
head
hair style
the top
end
beginning or end
a stub
remnant
chief
boss
side
aspect
first
leading
classifier for pigs or livestock M: 个gè [个]
used as a suffix
an area
a location

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