How to pronounce 做嘢 in Cantonese (80 out of 116):

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夜晚對住電腦做嘢開返個黃燈就會舒服少少啦

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

夜晚 ye6 maan5
night
對 deoi3
right
correct
couple
pair
towards
at
for
to face
opposite
to treat (sb a certain way)
to match together
to adjust
to fit
to suit
to answer
to reply
classifier: couple
pair
to compare
to check
to adjust
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
電腦 din6 nou5
computer
做嘢 zou6 je5
(verb) to do something; to work on; to work
開 hoi1
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect
返 faan1
to return (to)
to revert to
to restore
to go back
to come back
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
黃 wong4
yellow
pornographic
prostitution
vice
to fall through
a surname
abbreviation for personal and place names
the 'yellow' race
withered
KangXi radical 201
燈 dang1
lamp
light
lantern M: 盏zhǎn [盏]
stock or share in a business venture
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
舒服 syu1 fuk6
comfortable
少少 siu2 siu2
a little; little bit
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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