How to pronounce 柴米油鹽 in Cantonese (1 out of 2):

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基本上柴米油鹽呢啲生活必須品都有
Essentially, diesel engines are essential to life.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

基本上 gei1 bun2 soeng6
basically
柴米油鹽 caa4 mai5 jau4 jim4
necessities of life
呢啲 ni1 di1
(slang) these
生活 saang1 wut6
life
必須 bit1 seu1
must
品 ban2
(noun) Personality
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
有 jau6
also
again
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