How to pronounce 根 in Cantonese (123 out of 232):

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根叔近排身體抱恙
My uncle was standing next to me, hugging me.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

根 gan1
root
basis
classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings M: 条tiáo [条]
radical (chemistry)
foundation
completely
root of a number
the penis
叔 suk1
uncle
father's younger brother
husband's younger brother
Taiwan pr. [shú]
the third eldest amongst brothers
a polite term of address for an older male who is younger than one's father
the last
latter part
近排 gan6 paai4
recently (spoken)
身體 san1 tai2
(noun) (of health) constitution;
抱恙 pou5 joeng6
to be unwell

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