How to pronounce 北 in Cantonese (108 out of 269):

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北路嗰间嚟嘅咁诶越做越多
The more you get along the northern route, the more you do.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

北 bui3
an alternative form for 背, back
路 lou6
road M: 条tiáo [条]
journey
route
line (bus etc)
sort
kind
path
street
journey
way
a surname
direction
course
logic
the record of each baccarat game
trend
tendency
way out of a situation
way forward
a sexual relationship
嗰 go3
that
those (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 那nà [那]
间 gan1
duration
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
诶 ngai1
eh
越做越 yuet6 zou6 yuet6
more and more
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably

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