How to pronounce 咋 in Cantonese (210 out of 273):

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扮住先㗎咋 一晚㗎咋
I’ll just pretend. Tonight only, okay?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

扮 fan5
to grasp
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
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
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
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
晚 maan5
evening
night
late
younger
junior
drawing towards the end

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