How to pronounce 貪 in Cantonese (50 out of 58):

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貪其「進可攻、退可守」，
taking advantage of their "offensive and defensive" capabilities,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

貪 taam1
greedy
其 kei4
his
her
its
their
that
such
it (refers to sth preceding it)
within
used as suffix of an adverb
進 zeon3
to advance
to enter
to come (or go) into
to receive or admit
to eat or drink
to submit or present
(used after a verb) into, in
to score a goal
to make progress
to purchase
to recruit
可 ho2
can
may
able to
to approve
to permit
to suit
(particle used for emphasis) certainly
very
fit
to be worth (doing)
to need (doing)
but
however
yet
actually
攻 gung1
to attack
to accuse
to study
to critize
to rebuke
to specialize in
to assault
退 teoi3
to retreat
to decline
to move back
to withdraw
to step back
to bow out
to quit
to retire
to give back
to refund
to return
to cancel
to retract
守 sau3
part of the title for officials in ancient times

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