How to pronounce 住 in Cantonese (71 out of 3777):

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但我好欣賞呢部機一個位就係佢係抱住一種

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
欣賞 yan1 soeng2
appreciate
呢 ni1
this
部機 bou6 gei1
machine
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
抱 pou5
to hold
to carry (in one's arms)
to hug
to embrace
to surround
to cherish
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
一種 yat1 zung2
a kind

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