How to pronounce 爲 in Cantonese (13 out of 66):

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爲什麽一日可以跌那麽多呢
Why could one day fall so much?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
一日 jat1 jat6
(n.) a day or one day; (slang) used as part of a prepositional phrase (一日都係) to blame someone (or something or 'a reason') for some negative things that have happened, all because of; owing to; thanks to (e.g. 一日都係你 means "It's all because of you" or "Thanks to you".)
可以 ho2 ji5
(adjective) so so
跌 daat3
to drop
to fall
to tumble
Taiwan pr. [dié]
to stumple
to slip
to stamp
a fall
那 no6
helpless
relunctantly
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
呢 ni1
this

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