How to pronounce 收 in Cantonese (159 out of 860):

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雖然你俾咗出去但係你收返嚟嘅大過佢
You get out, but you get back more than that.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

雖然 seoi1 jin4
although
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
俾 pai3
a parapet
to look askance
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
出去 ceot1 heoi3
get out; exit
但係 daan6 hai6
(conjunction) but
收 sau1
to receive
to accept
to collect
to put away
to restrain
to stop
in care of (used on address line after name)
to harvest
to regain
to take something back
to gather
to build an affiliation with someone such as to adopt
to take in
to hide
to retract
to punish
to contain
to end
to retrieve
返嚟 faan2 lai2
come back here (spoken)
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
大過 daai6 gwo3
greater sin
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]

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