How to pronounce 虫 in Cantonese (1 out of 8):

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他们的理由是树木会有害虫咬 咬坏了树木就会倒下来砸到行人 把行人砸死?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
们 men2
plural suffix for pronouns
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
理由 lei5 jau4
reason
是 si6
is
树 syu6
tree
木 muk6
tree
wood
coffin
wooden
simple
numb
one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音bāyīn [八音]
dull
会 will
can
有害 jau5 hoi6
harmful
虫 cung4
insect
咬 ngaau5
to bite
to nip
to gnaw
to snap at
to incriminate
to accuse
to articulate
to pronounce
坏 waa6
bad
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
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
倒下 dou3 haa6
fall down
来 loi4
come
砸 zaap3
to smash
to pound
to fail
to muck up
to bungle
to crush
to break
to pound
to mash
to fail
to fall through
to flop
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
行人 haang4 yan4
pedestrian
把 baa3
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
砸死 zaa3 sei2
smash to death

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