How to pronounce 期望 in Cantonese (82 out of 179):

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抱住咁大期望買咗啲大眼仔落嚟
to the afternoon

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

抱 pou5
to hold
to carry (in one's arms)
to hug
to embrace
to surround
to cherish
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
咁大 gam2 daai6
so big
期望 kei4 mong6
Expectation
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
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
啲 dit1
only a little bit
大眼仔 dai6 ngaan5 zai2
tadpole
a naive or inexperienced person
落嚟 lok6 lai4
come down (spoken)

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