How to pronounce 作 in Cantonese (68 out of 705):

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現在科技進步了，以前報紙所作的功能，現在科技也可以去取代它

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

現在 jin6 zoi6
now
科技 fo1 gei6
technology
進步 zeon3 bou6
progress
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
以前 yi5 cin4
before
報紙 bou3 zi2
newspaper
所 so2
actually
place
classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
that which
particle introducing a relative clause or passive M: 个gè [个]
a building
a bureau
a station
an office
that which
all that
whatever
a unit
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
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
功能 gung1 nang4
function
也 jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
可以 ho2 ji5
(adjective) so so
去取 heoi3 ceoi2
go get
代 doi6
to substitute
to act on behalf of others
to replace
generation
dynasty
age
period
(historical) era
(geological) eon
abbreviation of pronoun
它 to1
it
other
used as a meaningless mock object

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