How to pronounce 退 in Cantonese (5 out of 43):

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當潮水退嘅時候呢度就會變得坦蕩
It's a little rough when the tide goes down.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

當 dong3
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
潮水 ciu4 seoi2
tide
退 teoi3
to retreat
to decline
to move back
to withdraw
to step back
to bow out
to quit
to retire
to give back
to refund
to return
to cancel
to retract
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
時候 si4 hau6
time
呢度 ni1 dou6
(prep.) here.
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
會變 wui5 bin3
will change
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
坦蕩 tan2 dong6
broad and level
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