How to pronounce 母語 in Cantonese (4 out of 56):

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那麼我們用廣東話作為母語的人佔了整整九成
So we have a 90% of people who speak Guangdong as their mother tongue.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

那麼 naa5 mo1
so
我們 ngo5 mun4
we
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
廣東話 gwong2 dung1 waa2
Cantonese
作為 zok3 wai6
as
母語 mo5 jyu5
mother tongue
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
佔 zim3
to take possession of
to occupy
to take up
to constitute
to hold
to account for
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
整整 zing2 zing2
whole
九成 gau2 sing4
ninety percent
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