How to pronounce 持 in Cantonese (100 out of 157):

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好多人持住自己化左妝
Many people put on makeup and

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

好多 hou2 do1
a lot
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
持 ci4
hold
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
化 faa3
to make into
to change into
-ization
to ... -ize
to transform
abbr. for 化学huàxué [化学]
to melt
to dissolve
customs and habits
to beg for alms
左 zo2
left
the Left (politics)
east
unorthodox
queer
wrong
differing
opposite
variant of 佐zuǒ [佐]
clumsy
awkward
queer
odd
bigoted
to be demoted
a surname
used after a verb as a marker to show that the action has been completed
used after an adjective to show a change in a state
妝 zong1
(of a woman) to adorn oneself
makeup
adornment
trousseau
stage makeup and costume
to doll up
to apply makeup
dowry

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