How to pronounce 閉 in Cantonese (16 out of 17):

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如果是這樣的話 那就不如閉口不說

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

如果 jyu4 gwo2
if
是這樣 si6 ze2 joeng2
that's right
的話 dik1 waa6
if
那 no6
helpless
relunctantly
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
不如 bat1 jyu4
not as good as
閉 bai3
to close
to stop up
to shut
to obstruct
to block up
to stop
to conclude
to restrain
to end
口 hau2
mouth
classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
classifier for bites or mouthfuls
open end
entrance
gate
opening
person
edge or blade of a knife
a crack
KangXi radical 30
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean

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