How to pronounce 原來 in Cantonese (205 out of 1923):

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不過原來香港都開咗分店
But they had a branch in Hong Kong.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不過 bat1 gwo3
however
原來 yun4 loi4
originally
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
開 hoi1
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect
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
分店 fan1 dim3
branch store

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