How to pronounce 放生 in Cantonese (52 out of 67):

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這些黃釘，維港一帶已經很少見，釣了放生比較好
This fish was too small, I released it.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

這些 ze2 se1
Some of these…
黃 wong4
yellow
pornographic
prostitution
vice
to fall through
a surname
abbreviation for personal and place names
the 'yellow' race
withered
KangXi radical 201
釘 ding1
nail
to follow closely
to keep at sb (to do sth)
variant of 盯dīng [盯]
spike
to pursue closely
to urge
to press
to sew on
to drive in (a nail)
to die
to be investigated by the police
the interest on money borrowed from a loanshark
to mark someone (in a ball game)
維港 wai4 gong2
Victoria Harbor
一帶 jat1 daai3
region
已經 ji5 ging1
already
很少 han2 siu2
very little
見 jin6
to show
to appear
to become visible
to manifest
釣 diu3
to fish with a hook and bait
to tempt
to lure
a fishhook
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
放生 fong3 saang1
set free
比較 bei2 gaau3
compare
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to

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