How to pronounce 傘 in Cantonese (3 out of 7):

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他過來開會，然後我們就有一個舉動就是開傘這樣
He came to the meeting, and then we had a move, and it was like, "Open your umbrella".

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
過來 gwo3 loi4
come over
開會 hoi1 wui5
hold a meeting
然後 jin4 hau6
then
我們 ngo5 mun4
we
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
有 jau6
also
again
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
舉動 geoi2 dung6
move
就是 zau6 si6
(verb) Something is…
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
傘 saan3
umbrella
parasol M: 把bǎ [把]
parachute
這樣 ze2 joeng6
like this
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