How to pronounce 父系 in Cantonese (4 out of 9):

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首先，要理解父權呢樣嘢，就要由父系社會講返起。
To understand fatherhood, we must start with the fatherhood of society.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

首先 sau2 sin1
first of all
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
理解 lei5 gaai2
understand
父 fu6
father
male relative of a senior generation
權 kyun4
authority
power
right
(literary) to weigh
expedient
temporary
a surname
呢 ni1
this
樣嘢 joeng6 je5
Kind of thing
就要 zau6 jiu3
about to
由 jau4
to follow
from
it is for...to
reason
cause
because of
due to
to
to leave it (to sb)
by (introduces passive verb)
up to
through
a surname
父系 fu6 hai6
patrilineal
社會 se5 wui2
(noun) community
講返 gong2 faan1
talk back
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
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