How to pronounce 基本功 in Cantonese (4 out of 14):

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釣魚係要從手絲嘅基本功學起
Fishing is about starting with the basic skills of hand silk.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

釣魚 diu3 jyu4
fishing
係 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
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
從 zung6
paternal cousins
part of an official title for subordinates or lower rank officials in ancient times
手 sau2
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)
絲 si1
silk
thread
trace M: 条tiáo [条]
the number 10-4
strings
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
基本功 gei1 bun2 gung1
basic skills
學 hok6
to learn
to study
to imitate
science
–ology
a branch of study
school
college
course of education
learning
knowledge
to learn and become
similar to
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover

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