How to pronounce 逗 in Cantonese (16 out of 18):

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逗些利是回來 除了吃玩睡之外

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

逗 dau6
to stay
to stop
to tease (play with)
amusing
short pause in reading aloud, equivalent to comma (also written 读dòu [读])
to tempt
to allure
to arouse
to stir
to linger
to pause
to make fun of
to provoke
to probe for information
to inspect someone
check their identity
to lift up something heavy slightly
to receive (red packets
lucky money)
to receive salary, usually used in a derogatory sense to imply that one is undeserving of the 'easy money' they received
些 se1
some
few
several
measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)
a little
somewhat
利是 lei6 si6
(noun) Red pocket money (which put in red envelopes and given to unmarried people in Chinese New Year)
回來 wui4 loi4
come back
除了 ceoi4 le5
besides
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
玩 waan2
to play
to have fun
to trifle with
to amuse oneself
to have a good time
to not be serious
to be only joking
to play at
to do
to fool with
to mess around with someone
to be disrespectful
to treat someone as unimportant
睡 seoi6
sleep
之外 zi1 ngoi6
besides

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