How to pronounce 杜 in Cantonese (12 out of 48):

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杜魯門總統後嚟喺華盛頓郵報發表咗一段聲明 :

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

杜 dou6
birchleaf pear (tree)
to stop
to prevent
to restrict
to make up something
a surname
魯 lou5
crass
stupid
rude
vulgar
rough
imprudent
a surname
part of a place name
name of an ancient state
門 mun4
gate
door M: 扇shàn [扇]
gateway
doorway M: 个gè [个]
opening
valve
switch
way to do something
knack
family
house
(religious) sect
school (of thought)
class
category
phylum or division (taxonomy)
classifier for large guns
classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
(suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
clan
gang
key
turning point
a surname
KangXi radical 169
總統 zung2 tung4
president
後嚟 hau6 lai4
later on (spoken)
喺 hai2
in
華盛頓郵報 waa4 sing6 deon1 jau4 bou3
The Washington Post
發表 faat3 biu2
to announce
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
一段 jat1 dyun6
classifier for sections and relationships
聲明 si1 ming4
statement

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