How to pronounce 圍 in Cantonese (7 out of 130):

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每層樓都只有1 2間舖開著 其他舖頭全部都被圍板封著
There were only a dozen open doors on each floor, and all the other windows were fenced off.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

每 mei5
each
層樓 cang4 lau4
floors
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
只有 zi2 jau5
only
間 haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle
舖 pou2
a specific type of shop
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
著 zyu3
famous
prominent
to write
to compile
writing
literary work
aboriginal
其他 kei4 taa1
other
舖頭 pou3 tau2
(noun) a shop; a store
全部 cyun4 bou6
(determiner) all of
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
圍 wai4
to encircle
to surround
all around
to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)
a corral
circumference
perimeter
arm span
hand span
cover
to trap
a cover
girth
板 baan2
board
plank
plate
shutter
table tennis bat
clappers (music) M: 块kuài [块]
accented beat in Chinese music
hard
stiff
to stop smiling or look serious
封 fung1
to confer
to grant
to bestow a title
to seal
package, classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
a surname
tip
to close up
to heap earth over mound
big
envelope

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