How to pronounce 鼓勵 in Cantonese (24 out of 90):

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因為印尼政府的政策不鼓勵印尼人和外國人通婚
Because the Indonesian government's policy is not to encourage Indonesians and foreigners to marry.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
印尼 jan3 nei4
Indonesia
政府 zing3 fu2
government
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
政策 zing3 caak6
policy
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
鼓勵 gu2 lai6
encouragement
印尼人 jan3 nei4 jan4
Indonesian
和 wo4
and
外國人 ngoi6 gwok3 jan4
foreigner
通婚 tung1 fan1
intermarry
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