How to pronounce 约 in Cantonese (15 out of 25):

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有很多退休的老人，都会约上朋友过来参观，拍照，你看看这位大叔的相机
There are a lot of retired people who call friends to visit, take pictures, and look at the camera of this uncle.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

有 jau6
also
again
很多 han2 do1
noun; a lot of
退休 teoi3 jau1
retire
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
老人 lou5 jan4
elderly person
都 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
会 will
can
约 joek3
binding agreement
上 soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
朋友 pang4 jau5
friend
过 go3
pass
来 loi4
come
参 caam1
participate
观 gun1
watch
拍照 paak3 ziu3
take a photo
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
看看 hon3 hon3
have a look
这 ze2
this
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
大叔 daai6 suk1
uncle (middle-aged man)
相 soeng2
photo
picture
image
机 gei1
machine

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