How to pronounce 什 in Cantonese (335 out of 607):

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為什麽那麽重要呢，因為這條數很大
Why is it so important? Because this number is very large.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
什 zaap6
miscellaneous
assorted
麽 mo5
suffix, used to form interrogative 什么shénme [什么], what?, indefinite 这么zhème [这么] thus, etc
exclamatory final particle
interrogative final particle
what for
why
do what
sort of
type of
insignificant
tiny
那 no6
helpless
relunctantly
重要 zung6 jiu3
important
呢 ni1
this
因為 jan1 wai6
due to
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
數 sou3
number
figure
several M: 个gè [个]
fate
an amount of money
a debt
很 han2
very
大 taai3
an alternative form for the word太, too

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