How to pronounce 踏腳石 in Cantonese (5 out of 5):

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我會說語學堂絕對不是目的而是一個踏腳石
I would say that language school is definitely not the goal but a stepping stone.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
語 jyu6
dialect
language
speech
words
saying
signal
to speak
學堂 hok6 tong4
academy
絕對 zyut6 deoi3
absolutely
不是 bat1 si6
is not
目的 muk6 dik1
Purpose
而是 ji4 si6
but is
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
踏腳石 daap6 goek3 sek6
a stepping stone (a metaphor for someone who is being used as a stepping stone by others to reach their goals)

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