How to pronounce 役 in Cantonese (16 out of 20):

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坐在船上 退了役未呀 當然未啦

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

坐 zo6
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
船 syun4
boat
上 soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
退 teoi3
to retreat
to decline
to move back
to withdraw
to step back
to bow out
to quit
to retire
to give back
to refund
to return
to cancel
to retract
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
役 jik6
forced labor
corvée
obligatory task
military service
to use as servant
to enserf
servant (old)
war
campaign
battle
to serve labor at frontier
to command somone as servant
未 mei6
not yet
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
當然 dong1 jin4
(adverb) absolutely
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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