How to pronounce 關 in Cantonese (55 out of 677):

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所以遲點通關了 大家過了關之後想坐10號綫的話
So, what's the point of being late? When you're done, you want to sit on the 10th floor.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

所以 so2 ji5
hence
遲 zi6
to await
by the time
點 dim2
point
dot
drop
speck
o'clock
point (in space or time)
to draw a dot
to check on a list
to choose
to order (food in a restaurant)
to touch briefly
to hint
to light
to ignite
to pour a liquid drop by drop
(old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更gēng [更]
dot stroke in Chinese characters
classifier for items
a spot
degree
a blot
light refreshment
to mark off
to inspect
how?
to instruct
to advise (especially in 'to mislead')
to cheat
通關 tung1 gwaan1
customs clearance
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
大家 daai6 gaa1
everyone
過了 gwo3 liu5
passed over
關 gwaan1
mountain pass
to close
to shut
to turn off
to concern
to involve
a custom barrier
a check point
a mechanism
turning point
critical juncture
a wooden bolt for the door
a surname
to pick up or make money payments
之後 zi1 hau6
after
想 soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
坐 zo6
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced
號 hou6
ordinal number
day of a month
mark
sign
business establishment
size
ship suffix
horn (wind instrument)
bugle call
assumed name
to take a pulse
classifier used to indicate number of people
title
designation
nickname
store
trumpet
horn
an order
to entitle
to claim
綫 sin3
thread
string
wire
line M: 条tiáo [条]
股gǔ [股]
根gēn [根]
boundary
traffic route
political path
clue
an undercover agent
a ray of (hope), a quantifier
a territory
an area
the lower ranks
followers in a triad gang
的話 dik1 waa6
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