How to pronounce 苦 in Cantonese (11 out of 149):

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继续埋头苦干地起房子。
And keep building houses on dry ground.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

继 gai3
continue
续 zuk6
continue
埋 maai4
to bury
to conceal
to hide
to settle (an account)
to close out
to finish up
to move closer to
closer together
as well
头 tau4
head
苦 fu2
bitter
干 gon1
dry
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
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
房子 fong2 zi2
house

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