How to pronounce 本 in Cantonese (154 out of 866):

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你本書係好有趣我覺得好啱佢
Your book is so interesting, I think it's perfect.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
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
書 syu1
a book
a letter
a document M: 本běn [本]
册cè [册]
部bù [部]
to write
a certificate
a script
a style of calligraphy
storyteller
book of history
to document
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
有趣 jau5 ceoi3
interesting
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
覺得 gok3 dak1
think
啱 aam1
correct
suitable
to suit sb
just now (Cantonese)
by chance
by coincidence
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]

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