How to pronounce 貪 in Cantonese (7 out of 23):

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我哋中文科有個 assignment 要寫關於痴愛慾
Our Chinese department has an assignment to write about greed and lust.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我哋 ngo5 dei6
(pronoun) we; us
中文 zung1 man4
Chinese language
fo1
branch of study
administrative section
division
field
branch
stage directions
family (taxonomy)
rules
laws
to mete out (punishment)
to levy (taxes etc)
to fine sb M: 个gè [个]
the civil examinations in empire days
criminal record
dialogue
the sentence punishment
dialogue in Chinese opera
to sentence punishment
to decree
section
department
science
section
class
variety
strongly built
jau6
also
again
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
jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
se2
to write
to sketch
to compose
to write out
to describe
關於 gwaan1 jyu1
about
taam1
greedy
ci1
foolish
oi3
to love
affection
to be fond of
to like
love
to be apt to
to want
to keep
to pick
juk6
desire
wish for
appetite
passion
lust
greed
to need
about to
complaisant
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