How to pronounce 自私 in Cantonese (11 out of 20):

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道金斯曾經提出過自私基因理論
Dawkins had proposed the selfishness theory.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

dou6
direction
way
road
path M: 条tiáo [条]
股gǔ [股]
principle
truth
morality
reason
skill
method
Dao (of Daoism)
to say
to speak
to talk
classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
province (of Korea or Japan)
channel
method
doctrine
teachings
gam1
gold
chemical element Au
generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
money
golden
highly respected
one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音bāyīn [八音]
wealth
weapons
precious
excellent
durable
name of a dynasty
a surname
KangXi radical 167
a match
light
flame
si1
(phonetic)
this
a surname
then
曾經 cang4 ging1
once
提出 tai4 ceot1
(verb) 1. Address (issue); 2. Bring up
gwo3
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
自私 zi6 si1
selfish
基因 gei1 jan4
gene
理論 lei5 leon6
(verb) Discuss
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