How to pronounce 本色 in Cantonese (10 out of 11):

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但為什麼韓國人一講到「香港電影」的話，就只想到英雄本色呢？

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
一 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
講到 gong2 dou3
talk about
香港電影 hoeng1 gong2 din6 jing2
Hong Kong Film
的話 dik1 waa6
if
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
只 zi2
only
merely
just
but
想到 soeng2 dou3
think of
英雄 jing1 hung4
hero
本色 bun2 sik1
true colors
呢 ni1
this

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