How to pronounce 貪 in Cantonese (21 out of 23):

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J : 貪新忘舊就係呢啲啦
J: That's what greed is.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

貪 taam1
greedy
新 san1
new
newly
meso- (chemistry)
beginning
recent
modern
neo-
the Hsin dynasty
a surname
忘 mong6
to forget
to overlook
to neglect
to miss
to omit
舊 gau6
old
opposite: new 新
former
worn (with age)
hundred bucks
a lump, a quantifier
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
呢啲 ni1 di1
(slang) these
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
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