How to pronounce 放棄 in Cantonese (138 out of 247):

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但當你已經放棄咗之後呢 佢又會一堆湧出黎..係好多驚喜㗎呢一到
no matter how hard you try. But when you give up, they'll come out in droves again... There are so many surprises.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
當 dong3
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
已經 ji5 ging1
already
放棄 fong3 hei3
to quit
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
之後 zi1 hau6
after
呢 ni1
this
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
一堆 a heap
a pile
湧出 jung2 ceot1
emerge
黎 lai4
black
a surname
numerous
many
dark
an aboriginal tribe
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
好多 hou2 do1
a lot
驚喜 geng1 hei2
surprise
㗎 gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
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
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent

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