How to pronounce 保持 in Cantonese (254 out of 472):

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你不先保持這顏色多一陣子？
n't you keep this color for a while?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
保持 bou2 ci4
maintain
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
顏色 ngaan4 sik1
(slang) someone's ability or captivity
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
一陣子 jat1 zan6 zi2
a while

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