How to pronounce 息 in Cantonese (151 out of 184):

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銀行要你每個月還一份息還一份本的啦
the bank requires you to pay interest and principal every month. The

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

銀行 ngan4 hong4
bank
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
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
每個 mui5 go3
each; every [written and colloquial]
月 jyut6
moon
month
monthly M: 个gè [个]
轮lún [轮]
KangXi radical 74
a surname
moon-shaped
luna
a woman's confinement month after child birth
還 waan4
still
still in progress
still more
yet
even more
in addition
fairly
passably (good)
as early as
even
also
else
besides
to return (to a place)
to give back
to repay
to return something
again
to revert to the original state
一份 jat1 fan6
[measure word] a portion
息 sik1
breath
news
interest (on an investment or loan)
to cease
to stop
to rest
Taiwan pr. [xí]
rest
recess
to multiply
to grow
本 bun2
roots or stems of plants
origin
source
this
the current
root
foundation
basis
classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
originally
my
our
based on
edition
copy
capital
cost
principal
local
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
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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