How to pronounce 止 in Cantonese (124 out of 125):

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這件事是非常困難的，所以盡量要止損了
This is extremely difficult, so try to cut your losses.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
件 gin2
item
component
classifier for events, things, clothes etc
matter
letter
document
correspondence
事 si6
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
是非 si6 fei1
(noun) gossip
常 soeng4
always
ever
often
frequently
common
general
constant
ordinarily
eternal
lasting
conventional
regular
cap of, a quantifier for drugs
困難 kwan3 naan4
(noun) difficulty
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
所以 so2 ji5
hence
盡量 zeon6 loeng6
as much as possible
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
止 zi2
to stop
to prohibit
until
only
demeanor
appearance
stature
to halt
to stop over
to rest in
to arrive
still
stagnant
calm
an alternative form for 趾, toe
損 syun2
to decrease
to lose
to damage
to harm
(coll.) to speak sarcastically
to deride
caustic
mean
one of the 64 trigrams of the Book of Changes (old)
sarcastic
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

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