How to pronounce 擲 in Cantonese (1 out of 16):

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《沽注一擲》The Big Short

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

沽 gu3
to buy or sell wine
注 zyu3
to inject
to pour into
to concentrate
to pay attention
stake (gambling)
classifier for sums of money
variant of 注zhù [注]
to focus
to direct
annotate
annotations
to register
to record
to place a bet
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
擲 zaak6
to toss
to throw dice
Taiwan pr. [zhí]
to cast
to fling
to throw
to hurl

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