How to pronounce 息 in Cantonese (47 out of 184):

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公司不派息，可能是因為她們將這筆錢用來購買自己公司的股票

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

公司 gung1 si1
(noun) 1. shops; 2. shopping
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
派 paai3
clique
school
group
faction
to dispatch
to send
to assign
to appoint
sect
branch
style
a quantifier for a speech
scene
atmosphere
to criticize
to accuse
to censure
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
可能 ho2 nang4
(modal verb) can
是 si6
is
因為 jan1 wai6
due to
她們 taa1 mun4
they (female)
將 zoeng3
a military commander
a general officer
to command
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
筆 bat1
pen
pencil
writing brush
to write or compose
the strokes of Chinese characters
classifier for sums of money, deals M: 支zhī [支]
枝zhī [枝]
quality
style of writing
to do something in writing
錢 zin2
an ancient type of farming tool
用來 jung6 loi4
to use
購買 gau3 maai5
purchase
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
股票 gu2 piu3
stocks

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