How to pronounce 鼓勵 in Cantonese (26 out of 90):

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有很多政策不鼓勵外國人長住
There are many policies that don't encourage foreigners to grow.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

有 jau6
also
again
很多 han2 do1
noun; a lot of
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
外國人 ngoi6 gwok3 jan4
foreigner
長 zoeng6
extraneous
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
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