How to pronounce 棄養 in Cantonese (1 out of 3):

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A君佢收養咗一隻俾人棄養嘅狗

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

君 gwan1
monarch
lord
gentleman
ruler
sovereign
chief
a formal form of address for a male in formal speech, you
Mr
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
收養 sau1 joeng5
adopt
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 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
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
俾 pai3
a parapet
to look askance
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
棄養 hei3 joeng5
to give up raising
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
狗 gau2
dog M: 只zhī [只]
条tiáo [条]
a pistol
a prison officer
damned
cursed
football

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