How to pronounce 抱 in Cantonese (28 out of 161):

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妈妈抱住个b b 爸爸喺度玩手机

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

妈 maa1
mom
抱 pou5
to hold
to carry (in one's arms)
to hug
to embrace
to surround
to cherish
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
个 go3
measure word
爸爸 baa1 baa1
father
喺度 hai2 dou6
(slang) "here"; an expression to indicate that someone is here
around
玩 waan2
to play
to have fun
to trifle with
to amuse oneself
to have a good time
to not be serious
to be only joking
to play at
to do
to fool with
to mess around with someone
to be disrespectful
to treat someone as unimportant
手 sau2
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)
机 gei1
machine

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