How to pronounce 囚犯 in Cantonese (32 out of 34):

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就是把囚犯的手和腳鎖起來的
Usually, the hands and feet of prisoners were chained up

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

就是 zau6 si6
(verb) Something is…
把 baa3
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
囚犯 cau4 faan6
prisoner
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
手 sau2
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)
和 wo4
and
腳 gok3
role to play a character in a play
show
movie etc
鎖 so2
to lock up
to lock
lock M: 把bǎ [把]
padlock
to fasten
chains
fetters
shackles
起來 hei2 loi4
to rise; arise

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