How to pronounce 本 in Cantonese (12 out of 866):

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這本小說是說甚麼？

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
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
小說 siu2 syut3
novel
是 si6
is
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
甚麼 sam6 mo1
what

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