How to pronounce 卷 in Cantonese (173 out of 306):

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正所謂讀萬卷書不如行萬里路
reading a thousand books is not as good as traveling a thousand miles.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

正所謂 zing3 so2 wai6
like they say; as the saying goes [written and colloquial]
讀 duk6
to read
to study
reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音pīnyīn [拼音]
to attend school
萬 maak6
part of a double-barreled surname
卷 gyun2
curl
書 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
不如 bat1 jyu4
not as good as

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