How to pronounce 做乜 in Cantonese (84 out of 104):

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「喂！你做乜忍忍下唔忍架？」
"Hey! Why did you tolerate it?"

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

喂 wai6
hey, an interjection to call for attention
to express one's dissatisfaction
to try and make a suggestion
to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
做乜 zou6 mat1
(verb) what are you doing?; (interrogative adverbs) why
忍 jan5
to bear
to endure
to tolerate
to restrain oneself
to repress
truculence
merciless
下 haa6
down
downwards
below, under, underneath
lower
later
next (week etc)
second (of two parts)
to decline
to go down
to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
inferior
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
架 gaa3
to support
classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
to prop up
fight
quarrel

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