How to pronounce 頗 in Cantonese (56 out of 148):

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之前試過用狗牙剪的，其實會剪得頗碎了
tried using dog-tooth shears before, but they cut my hair into quite small pieces. It

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

之前 zi1 cin4
before
試過 si3 gwo3
tried; experienced; encountered before
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
狗牙 gau2 ngaa4
zig-zagged; jagged (spoken)
剪 zin2
scissors
shears
clippers M: 把bǎ [把]
to cut with scissors
to trim
to wipe out or exterminate
to divide
to separate
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
其實 kei4 sat6
actually
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
得 dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
頗 po2
rather
quite
considerably (Taiwan pr. [pǒ])
very
碎 seoi3
to break down
to break into pieces
fragmentary
to smash
broken
busted
torn
trivial
unimportant
paltry
too elaborate and dull (writing)
garrulous
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret

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