How to pronounce 首先 in Cantonese (11 out of 1836):

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首先我將隻手
I put my hand up first.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

首先 sau2 sin1
first of all
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
將 zoeng3
a military commander
a general officer
to command
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
手 sau2
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)

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