How to pronounce 撿 in Cantonese (32 out of 35):

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你不撿是給另外的人撿了而已
you do not pick up is for other people to pick up just

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
撿 gaan2
pick up
是 si6
is
給 kap1
to
for
for the benefit of
to give
to allow
to do sth (for sb)
(grammatical equivalent of 被)
(grammatical equivalent of 把)
(sentence intensifier)
to supply
to provide
well provided for
abundant
glib
另外 ling6 ngoi6
(pronoun) another
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
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
而已 ji4 ji5
That's it!

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