How to pronounce 為止 in Cantonese (37 out of 91):

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呢個島到目前為止， 剩係得羅渣同埋佢嘅船員先至見過。
So far, the island has been seen only by Dr. Rodgers and his crew.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

呢個 ni1 go3
this
島 dou2
island
到目前 dou3 muk6 cin4
up to now
為止 wai4 zi2
up to now
剩係 zing6 hai6
only (be)
得 dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
羅 lo4
gauze
to collect
to gather
to catch
to sift
net for catching birds
to display
to spread out
a surname
a bag for sifting
a gross
twelve dozen
渣 zaa2
of poor
weak
low
trashy quality
同埋 tung4 maai4
and; together with
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
船員 syun4 jyun4
crew member
先至 sin1 zi3
(adv.) only then; not until; only after; then
見過 gin3 gwo3
have seen
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