How to pronounce 維持 in Cantonese (73 out of 83):

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發音方法是在讀出「i」字發音時,把嘴唇維持圓形,變成「yu」發音。
The pronunciation is to keep the lips round when you read the pronunciation of the word "i" and to make it sound like "yu".

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

發音 faat3 jam1
pronunciation
方法 fong1 faat3
method
si6
is
zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
duk6
to read
to study
reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音pīnyīn [拼音]
to attend school
ceot1
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
zi6
letter
symbol
character
word M: 个gè [个]
courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
to betroth a girl
wordage
calligraphy works
contract
si4
o'clock
time
when
hour
season
period
era
current
timely
often
continously
frequently
fashionable
opportune
sometimes…sometimes
a surname
baa3
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
嘴唇 zeoi2 seon4
lips
維持 wai4 ci4
maintain
圓形 jyun4 jing4
circle
變成 bin3 sing4
become
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