How to pronounce 咬 in Cantonese (209 out of 484):

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點解隻蚊淨係會咬嗰個人, 唔咬其他人呢 ?
Why does a mosquito bite only the person and not the other person?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

點解 dim2 gaai2
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
蚊 man4
mosquito
gnat
dollar
ten thousand
ten thousand bucks
淨係 zing6 hai6
only; merely
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
咬 ngaau5
to bite
to nip
to gnaw
to snap at
to incriminate
to accuse
to articulate
to pronounce
嗰個 go2 go3
(pronoun) that; that one
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
其他人 kei4 taa1 jan4
other people
呢 ni1
this

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