How to pronounce 咪住 in Cantonese (10 out of 11):

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咪住! 甘點解呢個世界上有甘多人會願意幫一D吾識既人呢?
Why would so many people in this world want to help someone I know?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

咪住 mai5 zyu6
hold on; hold it (spoken)
gam1
sweet
willing
a surname
to be fond of
pleasantly
sweetness
tasty
big trouble
heavily
badly
seriously
點解 dim2 gaai2
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
呢個 ni1 go3
this
世界上 sai3 gaai3 soeng6
around the world; in this world
jau6
also
again
do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
願意 jyun6 ji3
willing to
bong1
help
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
ngaa4
part of an ancient name of a place
zi3
to remember
sign
an inscription
gei3
already
ni1
this
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