How to pronounce 白手興家 in Cantonese (1 out of 8):

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我要你見證住我白手興家
I want you to witness my white-handed rise.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
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
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
見證 gin3 zing3
witness
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
白手興家 baak6 sau2 hing1 gaa1
rags-to-riches

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