How to pronounce 欖 in Cantonese (8 out of 10):

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在淘寶買道鋼閘或欖閘

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
淘 tou4
to wash
to clean out
to cleanse
to eliminate
to dredge
to weed out
to tax's one energy
mischievous
寶 bou2
jewel
gem
treasure
precious
currency
coin
treasured object
antique
your esteemed
rare
baby
darling
a poem used in a triad ritual
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
道 dou6
direction
way
road
path M: 条tiáo [条]
股gǔ [股]
principle
truth
morality
reason
skill
method
Dao (of Daoism)
to say
to speak
to talk
classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
province (of Korea or Japan)
channel
method
doctrine
teachings
鋼 gong3
steel
閘 zaap6
gear
brake
sluice
lock (on waterway)
electric switch or circuit breaker
flood gate
a control station on the river for domestic revenue
to dam up a river
a gate
teeth
或 waak6
maybe
perhaps
might
possibly
or
someone
slightly
欖 laam2
olive

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