How to pronounce 鳩 in Cantonese (37 out of 48):

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望撚住我呢 我又唔知佢做乜鳩

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

望 mong6
hope
expectate
gaze
撚 nin5
to twirl
twist with fingers
to hold
a wick
a type of plucking method for the pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
呢 ni1
this
又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
唔知 m4 zi1
don't know (spoken)
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
做乜 zou6 mat1
(verb) what are you doing?; (interrogative adverbs) why
鳩 kau2
turtledove
(literary) to gather
pigeon
to assemble

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