How to pronounce 撐 in Cantonese (30 out of 89):

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做到嘅話兩隻腳撐住地下

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

做到 zoek3 dou3
to achieve
嘅話 ge3 waa2
as said
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
腳 gok3
role to play a character in a play
show
movie etc
撐 caang3
to support
to back up
to maintain
to discuss
to negotiate
to tolerate
to do perfunctory
住地 zyu6 dei6
residence
下 haa6
down
downwards
below, under, underneath
lower
later
next (week etc)
second (of two parts)
to decline
to go down
to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
inferior

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