How to pronounce 功夫 in Cantonese (86 out of 119):

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那食材就要用得好 功夫也要花得多
ingredients must be used well, and a lot of effort must be put into it. The

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

那 no6
helpless
relunctantly
食材 sik6 coi4
ingredients
就要 zau6 jiu3
about to
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
得 dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
功夫 gung1 fu1
kung fu
也 jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
花 waa6
flower
blossom M: 朵duǒ [朵]
支zhī [支]
束shù [束]
把bǎ [把]
盆pén [盆]
簇cù [簇]
fancy pattern
florid
to spend (money, time)
a flowering plant
prostitute
prostitution
smallpox
multicolored
fireworks
to spend
to expend
stars on the shoulder of policeman's uniform to denote the rank
disorderly
scratched
dirty
pre-sale
suffix related to a female
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably

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