How to pronounce 本 in Cantonese (339 out of 866):

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跟本只係工具人

I'm just a tool.

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Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

跟 gan1

heel

to follow closely

to go with

to marry sb (of woman)

with

towards

as (compared to)

from (different from)

and (in addition to)

to accompany

to be loyal to

for a woman to be in a relationship with someone

to follow a big brother in a triad gang

本 bun2

roots or stems of plants

origin

source

this

the current

root

foundation

basis

classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

originally

our

based on

edition

copy

capital

cost

principal

local

只係 zi2 hai6

only (spoken)

工具人 gung1 geoi6 jan4

tool person (in a metaphorical sense)

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