How to pronounce 拿起 in Cantonese (30 out of 111):

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食飯不會把碗拿起來 因為他們覺得像乞丐… 其實現在很多人都不太管這個的啦
don't pick up their bowls when eating because they feel like beggars... Actually, many people don't really care about that these days. They're

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

食飯 sik6 faan6
to have a meal
不會 bat1 wui5
will not
把 baa3
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
碗 wun2
bowl
拿起 naa4 hei2
pick up
來 loi6
to greet and welcome guests
因為 jan1 wai6
due to
他們 taa1 mun4
they
覺得 gok3 dak1
think
像 zoeng6
(verb) 1. Look like; (noun)
Statue; (of digital camera) 2. Pixel or amount of pixel
乞丐 hat1 goi1
beggar
其實 kei4 sat6
actually
現在 jin6 zoi6
now
很多 han2 do1
noun; a lot of
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
太 taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
管 gun2
to take care (of)
to control
to manage
to be in charge of
to look after
to run
to care about
tube
pipe
woodwind
classifier for tube-shaped objects
particle similar to 把bǎ [把] in 管...叫 constructions
writing brush
(coll.) to
towards
to administer
to govern
to interfer with
to meddle
這個 ze2 go3
this one
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
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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