How to pronounce 龜 in Cantonese (51 out of 71):

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說真的 龜是幾塊錢就可以買到一隻
Honestly, turtles can be bought for a few dollars. Some people think they are commodities, but to us, they are very

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
真的 zan1 dik1
yes
real
龜 gwan1
cracked
是 si6
is
幾 gei2
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
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
錢 zin2
an ancient type of farming tool
就可以 zau6 ho2 ji5
then can
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)

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