How to pronounce 作 in Cantonese (55 out of 705):

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為甚麼他不說五號房的內容，而先作此聲明呢？

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
甚麼 sam6 mo1
what
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
五號 ng5 hou6
No. 5
房 pong4
Epang palace
to hesistate
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
內容 noi6 jung4
content
而 nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
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
此 ci2
this
these
in this case
then
聲明 si1 ming4
statement
呢 ni1
this

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