How to pronounce 慳錢 in Cantonese (5 out of 7):

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錢用不多 不慳錢 但又幾千元去買部單車

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

錢 zin2
an ancient type of farming tool
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
慳錢 haan1 cin4
save money
但 daan6
but
又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
幾千 gei2 cin1
several thousand
元 jyun4
unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc)
primary
the first
origin
head
eldest
the Yuan Dynasty
a surname
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
部 bou6
ministry
department
section
part
division
troops
board
classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
單車 daan1 ce1
bicycle

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