How to pronounce 持 in Cantonese (40 out of 157):

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持股過半, 不過繼續扮黃

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

持 ci4
hold
股 gu2
share
portion
part
thigh
classifier for smells, electric currents, spirals etc
whiff
low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科kē [科]
thigh
haunch
過半 gwo3 bun3
more than half
不過 bat1 gwo3
however
繼續 gai3 zuk6
continue
扮 fan5
to grasp
黃 wong4
yellow
pornographic
prostitution
vice
to fall through
a surname
abbreviation for personal and place names
the 'yellow' race
withered
KangXi radical 201

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