How to pronounce 繃緊 in Cantonese (3 out of 3):

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因為肌肉放鬆咗呀嘛 你長期繃緊個人都會緊張啲
Because you relax your muscles, and you're stretching for a long time, and everybody's getting nervous.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
肌肉 gei1 juk6
(adjective) muscular
放鬆 fong3 sung1
take it easy
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
haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'
nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
長期 coeng4 kei4
long-term
繃緊 baang2 gan2
tighten
個人 go3 jan4
personal
dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
緊張 gan2 zoeng1
(adjective) (of feeling) excited
dit1
only a little bit
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