How to pronounce 開初 in Cantonese (6 out of 9):

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頭先龍津義學塊石碑就係呢個義學中心最開初嘅名
stone tablet for Lung Tsun Charity School was the original name of the charity school center.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

頭先 tau4 sin1
(conjunction) before; (adverb) a moment before; a moment ago; just now
龍 lung4
dragon M: 条tiáo [条]
imperial
symbol of an emperor
used in literature to describe horse
symbolic of great name
a surname
KangXi radical 212
a queue
money
snake meat
six
津 zeon1
saliva
sweat
a ferry crossing
a ford (river crossing)
abbr. for Tianjin 天津
to moisten
to dampen
塊 faai3
lump (of earth)
chunk
piece
classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
(coll.) classifier for money and currency units
gap
vagina
cunt
石碑 sek6 bei1
stone stele
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
呢個 ni1 go3
this
中心 zung1 sam1
(noun) 1. mall; 2. plaza
最 zeoi3
most
the most
-est (superlative suffix)
exceedingly
extreme
開初 hoi1 co4
In the beginning
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
名 ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation

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