How to pronounce 己 in Cantonese (45 out of 96):

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我哋只係留咗幾隻嚟自己食
we took a few of them

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我哋 ngo5 dei6
(pronoun) we; us
只係 zi2 hai6
only (spoken)
留 lau4
to leave (a message etc)
to retain
to stay
to remain
to keep
to preserve
to halt
to stop
to detain
to study abroad
to grow
to bequeath
to set aside
to take in
to ask someone to stay
to pay attention to
to concentrate on
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
幾 gei2
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
嚟自 lei4 zi6
come from
己 gei2
self
oneself
sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干shítiāngān [十天干]
sixth in order
letter "F" or roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
hexa
personal
食 zi6
to feed

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