How to pronounce 做小 in Cantonese (2 out of 4):

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儲咗啲錢之後開咗一家啤酒館做小店老闆
He saved some money and started a bar and owned a small shop.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

儲 cyu5
to store
to save
to have in reserve
heir
Taiwan pr. [chú]
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
啲 dit1
only a little bit
錢 zin2
an ancient type of farming tool
之後 zi1 hau6
after
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
一家 jat1 gaa1
family
啤酒 be1 zau2
beer
館 gun2
a public building or office
shop
term for certain service establishments
embassy or consulate
schoolroom (old) M: 家jiā [家]
做小 zou6 siu2
humble one's self
店 dim3
shop
老闆 lou5 baan2
(noun) employer
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