How to pronounce 約 in Cantonese (44 out of 720):

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約咗好多人
There were so many people around.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

約 joek3
to make an appointment
to invite
approximately
pact
treaty
to economize
to restrict
to reduce (a fraction)
concise
treaty
agreement
convenant
appointment
engagement
to restrain
to restrict
to control
brief
simple
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
好多 hou2 do1
a lot
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else

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