How to pronounce 只能 in Cantonese (127 out of 417):

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只能忍住痛楚
You can only endure pain.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
只能 zi2 nang4
can only
jan5
to bear
to endure
to tolerate
to restrain oneself
to repress
truculence
merciless
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
痛楚 tung3 co2
Pain

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