How to pronounce 初時 in Cantonese (39 out of 60):

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抱住這套觀念初時必定會碰上一些麻煩

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

抱 pou5
to hold
to carry (in one's arms)
to hug
to embrace
to surround
to cherish
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
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
套 tou3
cover
sheath
to encase
a case
to overlap
to interleave
bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
harness
classifier for sets, collections
tau (Greek letter Ττ)
glove
to cover with
convention
to copy
to base it on
a loop
a knot
to trick someone into taling
a trap
a trick
to slip over
to harness
to attempt to win over a friendship
favour
a condom
觀念 gun1 nim6
concept
初時 co1 si4
in the very beginning
必定 bit1 ding6
definitely
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
一些 jat1 se1
some
麻煩 maa4 faan4
trouble

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