How to pronounce 衣食 in Cantonese (6 out of 6):

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衣食住行，我好像只聊了衣食和住
food, clothing, housing and transportation, I think I only talked about food, clothing and housing. Transportation is

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

衣食住行 ji1 sik6 zyu6 hang4
basic needs of life
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
像 zoeng6
(verb) 1. Look like; (noun)
Statue; (of digital camera) 2. Pixel or amount of pixel
只 zi2
only
merely
just
but
聊 liu4
to chat
to depend upon (literary)
temporarily
just
slightly
to endure
somewhat
at least
tentatively
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
衣食 yi1 sik6
clothing and food
和 wo4
and
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb

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