How to pronounce 童謠 in Cantonese (6 out of 15):

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由一首白話童謠開始
It started with a foolish story.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
首 sau3
to confess a crime
to turn oneself in
白話 bak6 waa2
plain language
童謠 tung4 jiu4
nursery rhyme
開始 hoi1 ci2
begin
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