How to pronounce 爲 in Cantonese (2 out of 25):

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但是爲什麽有人這麽傻
But why are people so angry?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但是 daan6 si6
but
爲 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
什 zaap6
miscellaneous
assorted
麽 mo5
suffix, used to form interrogative 什么shénme [什么], what?, indefinite 这么zhème [这么] thus, etc
exclamatory final particle
interrogative final particle
what for
why
do what
sort of
type of
insignificant
tiny
有人 yau5 jan4
someone has
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
傻 so4
foolish
imbecile
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