How to pronounce 本 in Cantonese (17 out of 866):

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《唐吉訶德》這本小說外

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

唐 tong4
to exaggerate
empty
in vain
old variant of 螗táng [螗]
Chinese
the tang dynasty
a surname
a kind of plum
abrupt
rude
吉 gat1
lucky
giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
propitious
good
fortunate
auspicious
propitious
vacant
unoccupied
empty
mandarin orange
seven (triad jargon)
to inject heroin
chicken (triad jargon)
訶 ho1
to scold
to curse
to berate
to reproach
德 dak1
virtue
goodness
morality
ethics
kindness
favor
character
kind
German
a surname
the Tak group, a sub-group of the 14K triad gang
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
外 oi6
outside
in addition
foreign
external
informal
relatives of one's mother
sisters
daughters
abroad
part of the name of some of the roles in traditional Chinese opera

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