How to pronounce 慘 in Cantonese (107 out of 165):

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為什麽班會主席會咁慘呢
Why is the class president so miserable?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
什 zaap6
miscellaneous
assorted
麽 mo5
suffix, used to form interrogative 什么shénme [什么], what?, indefinite 这么zhème [这么] thus, etc
exclamatory final particle
interrogative final particle
what for
why
do what
sort of
type of
insignificant
tiny
主席 zu2 zik6
chairman
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
慘 caam2
miserable
wretched
cruel
inhuman
disastrous
tragic
dim
gloomy
pitiful
cruel
呢 ni1
this

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