How to pronounce 北非 in Cantonese (3 out of 5):

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這是來自一種原產於北非的植物 Cyperus papyrus 紙莎草

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

這是 ze5 si6
this is
來自 loi4 zi6
from
一種 yat1 zung2
a kind
原產 yun4 caan2
originally produced
於 wu1
(literary) Oh!
Ah!
a tiger (dated term)
北非 bak1 fai1
North Africa
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
植物 zik6 mat6
plant
紙 zi2
paper M: 张zhāng [张]
沓dá [沓]
classifier for documents, letter etc
currency
bank notes

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