How to pronounce 貪小便宜 in Cantonese (2 out of 3):

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因為貪小便宜走咗去個戶口 貪心見到人哋賺錢又想自己賺埋一份喎
Because I wanted to make a small profit, I opened an account. Greedy, seeing others making money, I wanted to make some too. I

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
貪小便宜 taam1 siu2 pin4 ji4
covet little advantages; to be covetous of small gains
走 zau2
to walk
to go
to run
to move (of vehicle)
to visit
to leave
to go away
to die (euph.)
from
through
away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走chèzǒu [撤走])
to change (shape, form, meaning)
to escape
to run away
to make a trip
to leak out
to incur loss
one's humble self
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
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
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
戶口 wu6 hau2
household registration
貪心 taam1 sam1
greedy
見到 gin3 dou2
see
人哋 jan4 dei6
(pronoun) they; he; she; I; other people; everybody else
賺錢 zaan6 cin2
make money
又想 yau6 soeng2
also think
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
賺 zaan6
to earn
to make a profit
to make money
gain
埋一份 bui4 jat1 fan6
order one
喎 wo6
a final particle to express surprise
agreement
disagreement
tone of reminder or emphasis
when quoting words said by others

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