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

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今日落艇嘅時候啲流水都退得好乾
The water was dry when we got off the boat today.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

今日 gam1 jat6
(adverb) nowadays; today
lok6
to fall or drop
(of the sun) to set
(of a tide) to go out
to lower
to decline or sink
to lag or fall behind
to fall onto
to rest with
to get or receive
to write down
whereabouts
settlement
to deliver
to put in
teng3
vessel
small boat
punt
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
時候 si4 hau6
time
dit1
only a little bit
流水 lau4 seoi2
running water
dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
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
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
hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
kin4
the first of the eight diagrams, denoting the principle of heaven, the sovereign, the male and strength
a surname
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