How to pronounce 拖延 in Cantonese (2 out of 14):

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但唐永強對警方的拖延不為所動
But the delay in the police did nothing.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
唐 tong4
to exaggerate
empty
in vain
old variant of 螗táng [螗]
Chinese
the tang dynasty
a surname
a kind of plum
abrupt
rude
永 wing5
forever
always
perpetual
far-reaching
強 koeng5
to coerce
to force
to strive to
to try hard to
對 deoi3
right
correct
couple
pair
towards
at
for
to face
opposite
to treat (sb a certain way)
to match together
to adjust
to fit
to suit
to answer
to reply
classifier: couple
pair
to compare
to check
to adjust
警方 jing3 fong1
police
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
拖延 to1 jin4
procrastinate
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
所 so2
actually
place
classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
that which
particle introducing a relative clause or passive M: 个gè [个]
a building
a bureau
a station
an office
that which
all that
whatever
a unit
動 dung6
(of sth) to move
to set in movement
to displace
to touch
to make use of
to stir (emotions)
to alter
abbr. for 动词dòngcí [动词], verb
action
to change
to alter
to act
to arouse
to take up
to use
to eat
drink

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