How to pronounce 南 in Cantonese (7 out of 299):

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六點鐘呀嗌晚返到咗唔州南啦
We're back in the south at 6:00.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

六點鐘 luk6 dim2 zung1
six o'clock
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
嗌 jik1
the throat
晚 maan5
evening
night
late
younger
junior
drawing towards the end
返到 faan1 dou3
return to
咗 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
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
州 zau1
prefecture
(old) province
(old) administrative division
state (e.g. of US)
oblast (Russia)
canton (Switzerland)
continent
to settle in a place
place surrounded by water
南 naam4
south
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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