How to pronounce 宗 in Cantonese (7 out of 49):

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警方本來以為是一家庭糾紛
The police thought it was a family feud.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

警方 jing3 fong1
police
本來 bun2 loi4
(adverb) initial
以為 yi5 wai2
thought
si6
is
jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
zung1
school
sect
purpose
model
ancestor
clan
to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)
classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
lineage
ancestry
great master
家庭 ga1 ting1
family
糾紛 gau2 fan1
dispute
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