How to pronounce 離 in Cantonese (81 out of 190):

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離自己住既地方好遠
far from where they live

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

離 lei4
to leave
to part from
to be away from
(in giving distances) from
without (sth)
independent of
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦bāguà [八卦], symbolizing fire
☲
separation
departure
to separate
to go away from
to dispense with
to go without
to go against
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
既 gei3
already
地方 dei6 fong1
place
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
遠 jyun6
to keep away from
to shun
to avoid

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