How to pronounce 借 in Cantonese (59 out of 99):

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美國玩到咁大 咗咁多錢
America is playing big, borrowing so much money.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

美國 mei5 gwok3
America
waan2
to play
to have fun
to trifle with
to amuse oneself
to have a good time
to not be serious
to be only joking
to play at
to do
to fool with
to mess around with someone
to be disrespectful
to treat someone as unimportant
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
咁大 gam2 daai6
so big
ze3
to lend
to borrow
by means of
to take (an opportunity)
to make use of
zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
咁多 gam3 do1
so much
zin2
an ancient type of farming tool
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