How to pronounce 掙 in Cantonese (9 out of 11):

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白天辛苦掙來的錢 晚上就賭光
The money earned so hard during the day was gone at night.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

白天 baak6 tin1
daytime
辛苦 san1 fu2
hardworking
掙 zaang1
to struggle
to strive
to endeavour
來的 loi4 dik1
from
錢 zin2
an ancient type of farming tool
晚上 maan5 soeng6
(adverb) at night
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
賭 dou2
to bet
to gamble
光 gwong1
light
ray M: 道dào [道]
bright
only
merely
to use up
glossy
smooth
glory
honor
bare
naked
a surname

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