How to pronounce 咋 in Cantonese (172 out of 273):

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但係一日㗎咋
but it's only for one day. Why are

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但係 daan6 hai6
(conjunction) but
一日 jat1 jat6
(n.) a day or one day; (slang) used as part of a prepositional phrase (一日都係) to blame someone (or something or 'a reason') for some negative things that have happened, all because of; owing to; thanks to (e.g. 一日都係你 means "It's all because of you" or "Thanks to you".)
㗎 gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
咋 zaa4
final particle meaning 'merely
only' when used in a rhetorical question

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