How to pronounce 抱 in Cantonese (52 out of 161):

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抱住咗個仔 丟開佢先 你既然熱就

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
咗 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
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
仔 zi2
meticulous
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
既然 gei6 jin4
since
熱 jit6
to warm up
to heat up
hot (of weather)
heat
fervent
fever
passionate
enthuiastic
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in

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