How to pronounce 小丑 in Cantonese (7 out of 36):

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問題在於喺西方主流影評人眼中， 《小丑》呢套戲就充滿住爭議性，
The problem is that in the eyes of mainstream Western film critics, the film is controversial.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

問題 man6 tai4
problem
在於 depends on
lies in
喺 hai2
in
西方 sai1 fong1
West
主流 zyu2 lau4
mainstream
影評 jing2 ping4
film critic
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
眼中 ngaan5 zung1
in the eyes of
小丑 siu2 cau3
clown
呢 ni1
this
套 tou3
cover
sheath
to encase
a case
to overlap
to interleave
bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
harness
classifier for sets, collections
tau (Greek letter Ττ)
glove
to cover with
convention
to copy
to base it on
a loop
a knot
to trick someone into taling
a trap
a trick
to slip over
to harness
to attempt to win over a friendship
favour
a condom
戲 hei3
trick
drama
play
show M: 出chū [出]
场chǎng [场]
台tái [台]
to tease
to play a joke on
to play
a performance
an act
a bluff
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
充滿 cung1 mun5
filled with
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
爭議性 zaang1 ji5 sing3
Controversial
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