How to pronounce 磚 in Cantonese (153 out of 175):

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起屋用磚好過用木
bricks are better than wood for building houses.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

起屋 hei2 uk1
building a house
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
磚 zyun1
brick M: 块kuài [块]
tile
好過 hou2 gwo3
better than
木 muk6
tree
wood
coffin
wooden
simple
numb
one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音bāyīn [八音]
dull

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