How to pronounce 根本 in Cantonese (8 out of 619):

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老鼠會冇事, 老鼠身上根本都冇癌症嘅話呢,
What if the mice had no cancer at all?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

老鼠 lou5 syu2
mouse
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
冇事 mou5 si6
all the same; alright; no problem
身上 san1 soeng6
on the body
根本 gan1 bun2
essentially
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
冇 mo5
to not have (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]
癌症 am2 zing3
cancer
嘅話 ge3 waa2
as said
呢 ni1
this

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