How to pronounce 抱 in Cantonese (50 out of 161):

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住咁大期望買咗啲大眼仔落嚟

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

pou5
to hold
to carry (in one's arms)
to hug
to embrace
to surround
to cherish
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
咁大 gam2 daai6
so big
期望 kei4 mong6
Expectation
maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
dit1
only a little bit
大眼仔 dai6 ngaan5 zai2
tadpole
a naive or inexperienced person
落嚟 lok6 lai4
come down (spoken)

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