How to pronounce 做什麼 in Cantonese (4 out of 217):

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你去問小朋友在做什麼，他們也是知道香港發生的事
Ask them what they're doing, and they know what's going on in Hong Kong.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
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
問 man6
to ask
to inquire about
to interrogate
to hold responsible
小朋友 siu2 pang4 jau5
children
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
做什麼 zou6 sam6 mo1
what to do
他們 taa1 mun4
they
也是 jaa5 si6
Also; too
知道 zi1 dou3
know
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
發生 faat3 saang1
happen
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
事 si6
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve

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