How to pronounce 休息 in Cantonese (156 out of 343):

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我見到學生在自己休息時, 他們也會幫手執羽毛球
I saw that when students were resting on their own, they would also help hold badminton.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
見到 gin3 dou2
see
學生 hok6 saang1
student
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
休息 jau1 sik1
take a break
to bed or sleep
時 si4
o'clock
time
when
hour
season
period
era
current
timely
often
continously
frequently
fashionable
opportune
sometimes…sometimes
a surname
他們 taa1 mun4
they
也 jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
幫手 bong1 sau2
(noun) help
執 zap1
to execute (a plan)
to grasp
father's friends
to hold
to keep to
to persist
stubborn
to coduct
to take charge of
to stick to
written acknowledgement
to catch
an intimate friend
to pick up
to pack up
to tidy up
to clean up
to correct
to revise
to close down
to go out of business
to beat up
to physically assault
to have sex with
to go bankrupt
羽毛球 jyu5 mou4 kau4
(noun) birdy

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