How to pronounce 眼 in Cantonese (426 out of 466):

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我已經好努力咁打開隻眼去睇
I tried really hard to open my eyes and see it.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
已經 ji5 ging1
already
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
努力 nou5 lik6
diligent
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
打開 daa2 hoi1
open
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
眼 ngaan5
eye
small hole
crux (of a matter) M: 只zhī [只]
双shuāng [双]
classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) or needle, nail, lamp etc
eyelet
opening
aperture
salient point
insight
trap (in chess)
unaccented beat (in opera)
eyesight
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
睇 dai6
to look down upon (classical)
to see
to look at (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 看kàn [看]
to glance at
to stare at
to look after
to take care of
to consider
to believe
to watch
to read
to check
to find out
to judge
to bring up opinions
to keep an eye on
to monitor
to pay a visit
to support

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