How to pronounce 一本 in Cantonese (42 out of 57):

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世界係一本書,而唔去旅行嘅人就只係讀咗其中一頁。
The world is a book, and people who don't travel read only one page of it.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

世界 sai3 gaai3
world
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
一本 yat1 bun2
one book
syu1
a book
a letter
a document M: 本běn [本]
册cè [册]
部bù [部]
to write
a certificate
a script
a style of calligraphy
storyteller
book of history
to document
nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
旅行 leoi5 hang4
travel
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
只係 zi2 hai6
only (spoken)
duk6
to read
to study
reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音pīnyīn [拼音]
to attend school
zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
其中 kei4 zung1
amongst
jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
sau2
KangXi radical 181
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