How to pronounce 鎖 in Cantonese (105 out of 148):

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當他們鎖了所有門後 這裏就是我們的活動空間
Once they've locked all the doors, this is our activity space.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

當 dong3
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
他們 taa1 mun4
they
鎖 so2
to lock up
to lock
lock M: 把bǎ [把]
padlock
to fasten
chains
fetters
shackles
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
所有 so2 jau5
every
門 mun4
gate
door M: 扇shàn [扇]
gateway
doorway M: 个gè [个]
opening
valve
switch
way to do something
knack
family
house
(religious) sect
school (of thought)
class
category
phylum or division (taxonomy)
classifier for large guns
classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
(suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
clan
gang
key
turning point
a surname
KangXi radical 169
後 hau6
back
behind
rear
afterwards
after
later
descendants
then
a surname
future
after next
succeeding
這裏 ze5 leoi5
here
就是 zau6 si6
(verb) Something is…
我們 ngo5 mun4
we
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
活動 wut6 dung6
(noun) event
空間 hung1 gaan1
dimensions

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