How to pronounce 美色 in Cantonese (3 out of 4):

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你們這些男人在Gi的美色前要把持得住

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你們 nei5 mun4
you (plural)
這些 ze2 se1
Some of these…
男人 naam4 jan4
man
在 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
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
美色 mei5 sik1
physical beauty
前 cin4
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
把持 ba2 ci4
control
得 dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb

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