How to pronounce 持 in Cantonese (149 out of 157):

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但我個人還是比較喜歡手持
but I personally prefer

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
個人 go3 jan4
personal
還是 waan4 si6
or
比較喜歡 bei2 gaau3 hei2 fun1
prefer
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

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