How to pronounce 掩 in Cantonese (9 out of 12):

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更嚴重的是整個商場都充滿甲醛味, 有部份遊客更掩著口和鼻
Even worse, the entire mall is filled with the smell of formaldehyde, and some tourists are even covering their mouths and noses

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

更 gang3
more
even more
further
still
still more
嚴重 jim4 zung6
serious
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
是 si6
is
整個 zing2 go3
entire
商場 soeng1 coeng4
mall
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
充滿 cung1 mun5
filled with
甲醛 gaap3 cyun4
formaldehyde
味 mei6
taste
smell
classifier for drugs (in TCM)
dish
ingredients
odor
interest
to ponder over
有部 yau5 bou6
have a
份 fan6
classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
variant of 分fèn [分]
portion
part
duty
suffix used after province
month to express unit
a unit
a share
遊客 jau4 haak3
tourist
掩 jim2
to cover up
to close
to surprise
to cover (with the hand)
to conceal
著 zyu3
famous
prominent
to write
to compile
writing
literary work
aboriginal
口 hau2
mouth
classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
classifier for bites or mouthfuls
open end
entrance
gate
opening
person
edge or blade of a knife
a crack
KangXi radical 30
和 wo4
and
鼻 bei6
nose
first
KangXi radical 209
the raised part of a cover or a seal

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