How to pronounce 住 in Cantonese (34 out of 1748):

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先打圈繞住Pole
First, make a circle around the Pole.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
打圈 daa2 hyun1
to circle [written and colloquial]
繞 jiu5
to wind
to coil (thread)
to rotate around
to spiral
to move around
to go round (an obstacle)
to by-pass
to make a detour
to confuse
to perplex
to entwine
to surround
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
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