How to pronounce 洪水 in Cantonese (7 out of 15):

Previous Example Example 7 of 15 Next Example

咁你點樣可以抵擋住啲洪水呢 ?

So how can you resist the floods?

Auto Repeat

Auto Pause

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

咁 gam3

so (Cantonese)

Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this

你 nei5

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])

can be used to refer to an unspecified person

點樣 dim2 joeng2

(question)(phrase) what's with it?; what's up? ; how's it like?; how?; what is it like?

可以 ho2 ji5

(adjective) so so

抵擋 dai2 dong6

resist

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

啲 dit1

only a little bit

洪水 hung4 seoi2

flood

呢 ni1

this

See how to write "洪水" with stroke-by-stroke animation

Previous Example Example 7 of 15 Next Example