How to pronounce 倒 in Cantonese (212 out of 541):

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把水倒來倒去 其實是兩回事
Drain the water and pour it into here. Two different things

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

把 baa3
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
水 seoi2
water
river
liquid
beverage
additional charges or income
(of clothes) classifier for number of washes
lotion
juice
a surname
KangXi radical 85
money
a way to make money
low quality
poor
倒 dou2
to pour
to throw out
to dump
to topple
to overthrow
to collapse
to fail (business)
malfunction
shift
move around
to fall over
來 loi6
to greet and welcome guests
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
其實 kei4 sat6
actually
是 si6
is
兩回事 loeng5 wui4 si6
two different matters

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