How to pronounce 爲 in Cantonese (47 out of 66):

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應爲她不在香港，所以我代替她收下而已
she is not in Hong Kong, I just accepted them on her behalf,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

應 jing3
to answer
in response to
to grant
to accept
to cope with
to handle
to suit
to confirm
to echo
a surname
爲 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
她 taa1
she
her
不在 bat1 zoi6
not present
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
所以 so2 ji5
hence
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
代替 doi6 tai3
replace
收 sau1
to receive
to accept
to collect
to put away
to restrain
to stop
in care of (used on address line after name)
to harvest
to regain
to take something back
to gather
to build an affiliation with someone such as to adopt
to take in
to hide
to retract
to punish
to contain
to end
to retrieve
下 haa6
down
downwards
below, under, underneath
lower
later
next (week etc)
second (of two parts)
to decline
to go down
to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
inferior
而已 ji4 ji5
That's it!

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