How to pronounce 鼓勵 in Cantonese (36 out of 250):

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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.

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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

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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