How to pronounce 总 in Cantonese (5 out of 52):

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总共¥28我们买了四种不同的糕 至于每块多少钱？我都忘记了
So we bought four different cakes for a total of 28 yen, and how much for each?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

总 jung2
total
共 gung6
common
general
to share
together
total
altogether
abbr. for 共产党Gòngchǎndǎng [共产党], Communist party
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
们 men2
plural suffix for pronouns
买 maai5
buy
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
四 sei3
(slang) labourer
种 zung2
kind
不同 bat1 tung4
different
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
糕 gou1
cake
pastry
steamed dumplings
至 zi3
to arrive
most
to
until
to reach
extremely
very
only then
于 jyu4
to go
to take
sentence-final interrogative particle
variant of 于yú [于]
in
on
at
a surname
每 mei5
each
块 faai3
piece
多少 do1 siu2
how much
钱 cin2
money
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
忘 mong6
to forget
to overlook
to neglect
to miss
to omit
记 gei3
remember

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