How to pronounce 起初 in Cantonese (24 out of 56):

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在起初, 在上帝造了任 何東西之前, 除了上帝， 什麼都不存在。

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
起初 hei2 co4
at first
上帝 soeng6 dai3
God
造 zou6
to make
to build
to manufacture
to invent
to fabricate
to go to
party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
crop
classifier for crops
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
任何 jam6 ho4
any
東西 dung1 sai1
east and west
之前 zi1 cin4
before
除了 ceoi4 le5
besides
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
存在 cyun4 zoi6
existence

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