How to pronounce 作 in Cantonese (34 out of 705):

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默默作聲呀千年一人

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

默默 mak6 mak6
silently
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
聲 sing1
sound
voice
tone
noise
classifier for sounds
fame
reputation
to declare
to make a sound
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
千年 cin1 nin4
thousand years
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
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else

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