How to pronounce 一句話 in Cantonese (4 out of 7):

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意思係一句話如果用某一種講法，原則上冇錯，但係母語者會覺得唔自然
It means that if you use a sentence, it's basically okay, but it's unnatural for the native speaker.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

意思 ji3 si1
(noun) 1. like (someone); 2. intention
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
一句話 jat1 geoi3 waa6
a word
in a word
如果 jyu4 gwo2
if
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
某 mau5
some
a certain
sb or sth indefinite
such-and-such
unknown
unspecified
一種 yat1 zung2
a kind
講法 gong2 faat3
way of saying something; wording
原則上 jyun4 zik1 soeng5
principally
冇錯 mou5 co3
not wrong; correct (spoken)
但係 daan6 hai6
(conjunction) but
母語 mo5 jyu5
mother tongue
者 ze2
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
(after a noun) person involved in ...
-er
-ist
(used after a number or 后hòu [后] or 前qián [前] to refer to sth mentioned previously)
(used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
(old) (used at the end of a command)
(old) this
a surname
denoting a portion
this
these
yes, yes! (exclamation)
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
覺得 gok3 dak1
think
唔自然 m4 zi6 jin4
unnatural
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