How to pronounce 坎 in Cantonese (1 out of 7):

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八卦在坎洲個根
The roots of gossip are in Cancun.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

八卦 baat3 gwaa3
(adjective) nosy
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
坎 haam3
ridge
洲 zau1
continent
island in a river
islet
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
根 gan1
root
basis
classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings M: 条tiáo [条]
radical (chemistry)
foundation
completely
root of a number
the penis

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