How to pronounce 聰明 in Cantonese (18 out of 82):

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但佢哋嘅校長就認為只係聰明唔夠佢哋入到Oxbridge
But their principal thought they were not smart enough to get into Oxford.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
佢哋 keoi5 dei6
(pronoun) they
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
校長 haau6 zoeng2
principal
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
認 jing6
to recognize
to know
to admit
to understand
to enter into a certain relationship with
to offer to do something
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
只係 zi2 hai6
only (spoken)
聰明 cung1 ming4
smart
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
夠 gau3
to reach
to be enough
adequate
tired of
fed up with
too
入到 jap6 dou3
enter, get inside
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