How to pronounce 自 in Cantonese (52 out of 275):

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語言係自建發展呀就唔係話行政酒店去
Language is self-development, not a hotel.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

語言 jyu5 jin4
(adjective) linguistic
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
自 zi6
from
self
oneself
since
private
personal
naturally
natural
since
建 gin3
to establish
to found
to set up
to build
to construct
a lunar month
a surname
to overturn
發展 faat3 zin2
develop
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
唔係 m4 hai6
(phrase
adverb
noun) no, not.
話 waa6
spoken words
speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said M: 种zhǒng [种]
席xí [席]
句jù [句]
口kǒu [口]
番fān [番]
to talk
to speak
to tell
to advise
to persuade
to think
行政 haang4 zing3
administrative
酒店 zau2 dim3
hotel
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
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