How to pronounce 修補 in Cantonese (1 out of 5):

元朝末年黃河泛濫，政府徵召大批民伕去修補防洪設施
The Yellow River flooded in the late Qing Dynasty, and the government mobilized large numbers of people to repair flood control facilities.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

元朝 yun6 ciu4
Yuan Dynasty
末年 mak6 nin4
final years
黃河 wong4 ho4
Yellow River
泛濫 faan6 laam6
flood; overflow
政府 zing3 fu2
government
徵召 zing1 jiu3
call up
大批 daai6 pai3
large quantities
民 man4
the people
nationality
citizen
folk
subjects
someone in a certain occupataion, such as farmer, fisherman
伕 fu1
hired hand
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
修補 sau1 bou2
to fix; to touch-up
防洪 fong4 hung4
flood prevention
設施 cit3 si1
facilities