How to pronounce 白手興家 in Cantonese (5 out of 8):

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簡單介紹完佢點樣白手興家之後, 就嚟到今日呢條片嘅重點
After briefly describing how he built his fortune from scratch, we come to the focus of today's video:

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

簡單 gan2 daan1
simple
介紹 gaai3 siu6
introduce
完 jyun4
to finish
to be over
whole
complete
entire
to run out
a surname
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
點樣 dim2 joeng2
(question)(phrase) what's with it?; what's up? ; how's it like?; how?; what is it like?
白手興家 baak6 sau2 hing1 gaa1
rags-to-riches
之後 zi1 hau6
after
就嚟 zau6 lei4
(adverb) coming soon; coming shortly; almost; nearly
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
今日 gam1 jat6
(adverb) nowadays; today
呢 ni1
this
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
片 pin3
thin piece
flake
a slice
to slice
to carve thin
partial
incomplete
one-sided
classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
used with numeral 一yī [一]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
to pare
KangXi radical number 91
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
重點 zung6 dim2
key emphasis; main point

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