How to pronounce 防 in Cantonese (169 out of 190):

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防眼腫，不過我雙眼今天也有一點浮腫
prevent puffiness, but my eyes are a little puffy today.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

防 fong4
to protect
to defend
to guard against
to prevent
embankmant
眼 ngaan5
eye
small hole
crux (of a matter) M: 只zhī [只]
双shuāng [双]
classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) or needle, nail, lamp etc
eyelet
opening
aperture
salient point
insight
trap (in chess)
unaccented beat (in opera)
eyesight
腫 zung1
swollen
不過 bat1 gwo3
however
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
雙眼 soeng1 ngaan5
eyes
今天 gam1 tin1
today
也 jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
有 jau6
also
again
一點 yat1 dim2
a bit

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