How to pronounce 五角大樓 in Cantonese (3 out of 4):

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佢哋聲稱咁樣可以令到五角大樓飄起 300 米高

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢哋 keoi5 dei6
(pronoun) they
聲稱 sieng1 sing4
claim
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
樣 joeng2
manner
pattern
way
appearance
shape
classifier: kind, type
sample
variety
style
type
可以 ho2 ji5
(adjective) so so
令到 ling6 dou3
cause one to
五角大樓 wu3 jiao3 da4 lou2
Pentagon
飄 piu1
to float
to drift about
to flutter
to glide
to hover
floating
whirlwind
cyclone
self-satisfied
complacent
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
米 mai5
rice M: 粒lì [粒]
meter (classifier)
grain-like things
money
a cigarette
高 gou1
high
tall
above average
loud
your (honorific)
lofty
a high level or degree
superior
a surname
elevated
respectable
noble
expensive
old
supreme
high pitched
high quality
height

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