How to pronounce 亨利 in Cantonese (2 out of 6):

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喺亨利八世登基之前已經有好多修道院被解散 Monasteries had been dissolved before Henry VIII.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

喺 hai2
in
亨利 hang1 lei6
Henry
八 baat3
eight
all around
all sides
to nose around
to pry into something
describes someone who is nosy or likes to gossip
to tell
to gossip
世 sai3
life
age
generation
era
world
lifetime
epoch
descendant
noble
a surname
a period of 30 years
a form of address used between family friends of that is of a different generation
登基 dang1 gei1
ascend the throne
之前 zi1 cin4
before
已經 ji5 ging1
already
有 jau6
also
again
好多 hou2 do1
a lot
修道院 sau1 dou6 jyun2
monastery
convent
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
解散 gaai2 saan3
dissolve
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