How to pronounce 思 in Cantonese (67 out of 131):

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顧名思意考試院說是給學生們準備考試時住的地方

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

顧 gu3
to look after
to take into consideration
to attend to
a surname
to look back
to look at
to look around
however
thus
so
nevertheless
indeed
really
to visit
to patronize
customer
patron
client
名 ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
思 soi1
long and thick beard
mustache
意 ji3
idea
meaning
thought
to think
wish
desire
intention
to expect
to anticipate
opinion
will
purpose
attention
Italy
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
是 si6
is
給 kap1
to
for
for the benefit of
to give
to allow
to do sth (for sb)
(grammatical equivalent of 被)
(grammatical equivalent of 把)
(sentence intensifier)
to supply
to provide
well provided for
abundant
glib
學生 hok6 saang1
student
們 mun4
suffix for plural form
準備 zeon2 bei6
(verb) to get ready
考試 haau2 si5
(noun) test
時 si4
o'clock
time
when
hour
season
period
era
current
timely
often
continously
frequently
fashionable
opportune
sometimes…sometimes
a surname
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
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
地方 dei6 fong1
place

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