How to pronounce 白費 in Cantonese (8 out of 12):

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這一年的努力是沒有白費 苦練了一年的 卡點
This year's hard work has not been in vain. I practiced hard for a year and got stuck.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
一年 jat1 nin4
One year
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
努力 nou5 lik6
diligent
是 si6
is
沒有 mou5 jau5
without
白費 baak6 fui3
waste
苦練 fu2 lin6
hard training
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
卡 zaap6
to stop
to block
card M: 张zhāng [张]
片piàn [片]
calorie
cassette
(computing) (coll.) slow
lorry
truck
checkpoint
customs barrier
road block
to get stuck
to be jammed
to choke
a carriage
點 dim2
point
dot
drop
speck
o'clock
point (in space or time)
to draw a dot
to check on a list
to choose
to order (food in a restaurant)
to touch briefly
to hint
to light
to ignite
to pour a liquid drop by drop
(old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更gēng [更]
dot stroke in Chinese characters
classifier for items
a spot
degree
a blot
light refreshment
to mark off
to inspect
how?
to instruct
to advise (especially in 'to mislead')
to cheat

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