How to pronounce 作 in Cantonese (85 out of 705):

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生為香港人真係好尷尬香港居然會出啲咁嘅爛作名導

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

生 sang1
to be born
to give birth
life
to grow
raw
uncooked
student
living
lifetime
birth
living beings
a male actor
to happen
to occur
to produce
to create
crude
alive
strange
unfamiliar
keenly in
abruptly
rudely
by force
rudely
unskilled
used as a suffix to adverbs
a surname
Mr
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
香港人 hoeng1 gong2 jan4
Hong Kong people
真係 zan1 hai6
really; very
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
尷尬 gaam1 gaai3
embarrassed
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
居然 geoi1 yin4
unexpectedly
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
出 ceot1
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
啲 dit1
only a little bit
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
爛 laan6
soft
mushy
well-cooked and soft
to rot
to decompose
rotten
worn out
chaotic
messy
utterly
thoroughly
crappy
bad
spoiled
decayed
bright coloured
cheesy
crummy
lacking style
to be addicted to
broken
damaged
incomplete
mashed
sodden
low quality
messy
very
extremely
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
名 ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
導 dou6
to transmit
to lead
to guide
to conduct
to direct
a guide
a leader
to instruct
to teach
tutor
to conduct

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