How to pronounce 舉 in Cantonese (79 out of 192):

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你兩位朋友 很堅定地舉著手

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
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
朋友 pang4 jau5
friend
很 han2
very
堅定 gin1 ding6
firm
地 deng6
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
舉 geoi2
to lift
to hold up
to cite
to enumerate
to act
to raise
to choose
to elect
an act
a move
a deed
an action
to initiate
to undertake
to nominate
to recommend
to praise
to give birth to
to erect
to suggest
all of
deportment
著 zyu3
famous
prominent
to write
to compile
writing
literary work
aboriginal
手 sau2
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)

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