How to pronounce 作 in Cantonese (110 out of 705):

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划去牛尾洲作中途休息抖一抖

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

划 waak6
plan
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
牛尾 ngau4 mei5
an oxtail
洲 zau1
continent
island in a river
islet
作 zok3
to do
to grow
to write or compose
to pretend
to regard as
to feel
writings or works
to work
to act
to make
to cook up
to blackmail
中途 zung1 tou4
midway
休息 jau1 sik1
take a break
to bed or sleep
抖 dau3
to touch
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start

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