How to pronounce 收 in Cantonese (169 out of 860):

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因為收咗皮啦
Because it's getting skinny.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
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
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
皮 pei2
skin goods, hide
fur
leather
fur coat
capital
overheads
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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