How to pronounce 牠們 in Cantonese (41 out of 96):

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為甚麽牠們不從你的手上吃
Why doesn't it like to eat on your hand?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
甚 sap6
what
fast
very much
quite
considerably
great extent
to exceed
to be more than
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
牠們 taa1 mun4
(pronoun of animal) they; them
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
從 zung6
paternal cousins
part of an official title for subordinates or lower rank officials in ancient times
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
手上 sau2 soeng5
on hand; in one's hands; at hand; readily available [colloquial]
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer

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