How to pronounce 舉手 in Cantonese (2 out of 8):

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喺過去嘅一年裡面——舉手就得喇
You've been holding hands for the past year.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

喺 hai2
in
過去 gwo3 heoi3
past
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
一年 jat1 nin4
One year
裡面 leoi5 min6
inside
舉手 geoi2 sau2
raise hand
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
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
喇 laa3
trumpet
loudspeaker'
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