How to pronounce 撐 in Cantonese (9 out of 89):

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有人撐住佢條船呢

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

有人 yau5 jan4
someone has
撐 caang3
to support
to back up
to maintain
to discuss
to negotiate
to tolerate
to do perfunctory
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
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
船 syun4
boat
呢 ni1
this

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