How to pronounce 元 in Cantonese (43 out of 2075):

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這200元是否能夠維持你的生活
Can these 200 bucks keep you alive?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
元 jyun4
unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc)
primary
the first
origin
head
eldest
the Yuan Dynasty
a surname
是否 si6 fau2
is or not
能夠 nang4 gau3
be able to
維持 wai4 ci4
maintain
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
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
生活 saang1 wut6
life

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