How to pronounce 十二生肖 in Cantonese (33 out of 47):

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老鼠呀你聽唔聽到呀選十二生肖一齊去呀
Mouse, are you listening? Let's choose the twelve zodiac animals together!

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

老鼠 lou5 syu2
mouse
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
聽 teng1
to let
to allow
to submit
to administer
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
聽到 ting1 dou2
hear
選 syun3
an alternative form for 算, to calculate
十二生肖 sap6 ji6 saang1 ciu3
The 12 Chinese zodiac signs
一齊 jat1 cai4
(adverb) all together
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

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