How to pronounce 闸 in Cantonese (2 out of 11):

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摄影师：33元一斤的大闸蟹，不如买回家吃吧
Photographer: 33 bucks a pound, and you can buy a meal at home.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

摄 sip3
take photo
影 jing2
picture
image
film
movie
photograph
reflection
shadow
trace
to project a shadow
shadowy
to photograph
to film
to copy and imitate
to reflect
元 jyun4
unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc)
primary
the first
origin
head
eldest
the Yuan Dynasty
a surname
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
斤 gan3
catty
weight equal to 0.5 kg
(Tw) weight equal to 0.6 kg
an axe
shrewdly
hundred (bucks)
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
大 taai3
an alternative form for the word太, too
闸 zaap6
gate
蟹 haai5
crab
the vagina
a wallet
不如 bat1 jyu4
not as good as
买 maai5
buy
回家 wui4 gaa1
(verb) Go home
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
吧 baa6
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
...right?
...OK?
...I presume

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