How to pronounce 撐 in Cantonese (21 out of 89):

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波特卡斯・D・艾斯，白鬍子海盜團第二隊嘅隊長， 喺雪石國一間餐廳入面同史莫卡撐到行。

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

波特 bo1 dak6
Porter
卡 zaap6
to stop
to block
card M: 张zhāng [张]
片piàn [片]
calorie
cassette
(computing) (coll.) slow
lorry
truck
checkpoint
customs barrier
road block
to get stuck
to be jammed
to choke
a carriage
斯 si1
(phonetic)
this
a surname
then
艾 ngaai6
Chinese mugwort or wormwood
artemisia
moxa
to stop or cut short
phonetic "ai" or "i"
abbr. for 艾滋病àizībìng [艾滋病], AIDS
old
elderly
handsome
beautiful
a surname
to repent
to govern
peaceful
白 baak6
white
snowy
pure
bright
empty
blank
plain
clear
to make clear
in vain
gratuitous
free of charge
reactionary
anti-communist
funeral
to stare coldly
to write wrong character
to state
to explain
vernacular
spoken lines in opera
unblemished
a surname
the spoken dialogue in a stage show
to have a strong drink to celebrate
to clear up
to confess to
to turn white
for no reason
simply
just
easy to understand
鬍子 wu4 zi2
beard
海盜 hoi2 dou6
pirate
團 tyun4
Group
第二 dai6 ji6
second
隊 zeoi6
an alternative form for 墜, to fall down
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
隊長 deoi6 zoeng2
captain
喺 hai2
in
雪 syut3
snow
snowfall M: 场cháng [场]
to have the appearance of snow
to wipe away, off or out
to clean
to avenge
to restitute a wrong
to wipe away a humiliation
to rehabiliate a good name
a surname
ice
ice-product
石 sek6
rock
stone
stone inscription
one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音bāyīn [八音]
mineral elements in medicine
a surname
stone made-
unproductive
mineral
KangXi radical 112
國 gwok3
country
nation
state
national M: 个gè [个]
Chinese
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
間 haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle
餐廳 caan1 teng1
restaurant
入面 jap6 min6
inside
同 tung4
and
史 si2
history
annals
title of an official historian in ancient China
chronicle
a surname
莫卡 mo6 kaa1
maca
撐 caang3
to support
to back up
to maintain
to discuss
to negotiate
to tolerate
to do perfunctory
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
行 hong6
strong

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