How to pronounce 保留 in Cantonese (95 out of 305):

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喺广州咧好多村仲会保留住
Many of the villages in Guangzhou will remain.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

喺 hai2
in
广 shop
broad
州 zau1
prefecture
(old) province
(old) administrative division
state (e.g. of US)
oblast (Russia)
canton (Switzerland)
continent
to settle in a place
place surrounded by water
咧 le5
modal particle expressing exclamation or to invite agreement
好多 hou2 do1
a lot
村 cyun1
village
uncouth
to scold
to berate
仲 zung6
second month of a season
middle
intermediate
second amongst brothers
a surname
a mediator
still (doing something)
still (usually used in the context of ‘still not’ or to describe the remaining time left till something)
even more
in addition
last but not the least
会 will
can
保留 bou2 lau4
keep
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb

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