How to pronounce 拘留 in Cantonese (7 out of 8):

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美國當時用一些字眼 稱他們做Detainees 拘留者

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

美國 mei5 gwok3
America
當時 dong1 si4
back then
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
一些 jat1 se1
some
字眼 zi6 ngaan5
terminology
稱 can3
to fit
to match
to suit
to go with
fit
suitable
symmetrical
他們 taa1 mun4
they
做 zou6
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
拘留 kau1 lau4
detain
者 ze2
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
(after a noun) person involved in ...
-er
-ist
(used after a number or 后hòu [后] or 前qián [前] to refer to sth mentioned previously)
(used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
(old) (used at the end of a command)
(old) this
a surname
denoting a portion
this
these
yes, yes! (exclamation)

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