How to pronounce 八強 in Cantonese (15 out of 16):

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去到八強更直落兩盤 輸咗比世界排名100以外嘅球手
We went to the top eight, down two places, and lost to players outside the top 100.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

去到 heoi3 dou3
reach
八強 baat3 koeng4
top eight
gang3
more
even more
further
still
still more
直落 zik6 lok6
going straight down; moving on
loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
pun2
plate
dish
tray
current price
market quotation
plate-shaped object
syu1
to lose
to transport
to donate
to enter (a password)
to pay
to contribute
to convey
to transmit
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
bei3
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
世界 sai3 gaai3
world
排名 paai4 ming4
ranking
以外 ji5 ngoi6
besides
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
球手 kau4 sau2
a golfer; a player
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