How to pronounce 撳 in Cantonese (123 out of 519):

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I : 點解有人撳住咗我架車嘅呢
I: Why did someone stop my car?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

點解 dim2 gaai2
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
有人 yau5 jan4
someone has
撳 gam6
to press (bell)
to press down
to oppress
to hold someone down
to suppress
to control
to stop a situation from going out of control
to push
to withdraw money from the ATM
to extort someone for money
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
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
架 gaa3
to support
classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
to prop up
fight
quarrel
車 geoi1
war chariot
name of a chess piece in Chinese chess
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
呢 ni1
this

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