How to pronounce 息 in Cantonese (172 out of 184):

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他借錢給你，收你息
They lend you money, collect interest,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
借錢 ze3 cin2
borrow money
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
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
收 sau1
to receive
to accept
to collect
to put away
to restrain
to stop
in care of (used on address line after name)
to harvest
to regain
to take something back
to gather
to build an affiliation with someone such as to adopt
to take in
to hide
to retract
to punish
to contain
to end
to retrieve
息 sik1
breath
news
interest (on an investment or loan)
to cease
to stop
to rest
Taiwan pr. [xí]
rest
recess
to multiply
to grow

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