How to pronounce 持 in Cantonese (145 out of 157):

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因為我手持相機 所以可能會有一些震盪
Because I have a camera, there may be some shocks.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
手 sau2
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)
持 ci4
hold
相機 soeng1 gei1
Camera
所以 so2 ji5
hence
可能 ho2 nang4
(modal verb) can
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
有一些 jau5 jat1 se1
some

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