How to pronounce 示威 in Cantonese (23 out of 52):

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當時有七百幾個學生組織起一個反政府示威， 而李承晚政府就派出咗警察鎮壓呢次示威，

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

當時 dong1 si4
back then
有 jau6
also
again
七百 cat1 baak3
Seven hundred
幾 gei2
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
學生 hok6 saang1
student
組織 zu2 zik1
organization
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
反政府 faan2 zing3 fu2
anti-government
示威 si6 wai1
(verb) Protest
而 nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
政府 zing3 fu2
government
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
派出 paai3 ceot1
send out
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
警察 ging2 caat3
police
鎮壓 zan3 aat3
suppress
呢 ni1
this
次 ci3
next in sequence
second
the second (day, time etc)
secondary
vice-
sub-
infra-
inferior quality
substandard
order
sequence
hypo- (chemistry)
classifier for enumerated events: time
temporary accommodation when travelling
a surname

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