How to pronounce 堅持 in Cantonese (97 out of 208):

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只能夠講我堅持了很久
I can only say that I persisted for a long time, but I can't hold on any longer. Why do I support you so much?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

只能 zi2 nang4
can only
夠 gau3
to reach
to be enough
adequate
tired of
fed up with
too
講 gong2
(verb) to tell
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
堅持 gin1 ci4
to insist
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
很 han2
very
久 gau2
(long) time
(long) duration of time
old

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