How to pronounce 貧苦 in Cantonese (10 out of 14):

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但當呢班貧苦大眾忍唔住，生活唔到落去，
But when these poor people couldn't stand it, they couldn't live it,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
當 dong3
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
呢 ni1
this
班 baan1
team
class
squad
work shift
ranking M: 个gè [个]
classifier for groups, scheduled runs
flights
a surname
to spread about
to manoeuvre
to withdraw (troops)
group
to gather support
to collect
to deploy one's gang member
貧苦 pin2 ku3
poverty
大 taai3
an alternative form for the word太, too
眾 zung3
many
numerous
crowd
multitude
masses
people
忍 jan5
to bear
to endure
to tolerate
to restrain oneself
to repress
truculence
merciless
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
生活 saang1 wut6
life
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
落去 lok6 heoi3
go down (spoken)

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