How to pronounce 娶 in Cantonese (26 out of 31):

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放棄了自己的愛情，娶一個符合社會期望的女性
. He gave up his love to marry a woman who met societal expectations.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

放棄 fong3 hei3
to quit
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
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
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
愛情 oi3 cing4
love
娶 ceoi2
marry (male to female)
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
符合 fu4 hap6
(verb) 1. To match; 2. To qualify
社會 se5 wui2
(noun) community
期望 kei4 mong6
Expectation
女性 neoi5 sing3
(noun) (of gender) Woman

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