How to pronounce 填海 in Cantonese (3 out of 8):

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接近四分一嘅城市都發展去填海地
Nearly a quarter of all cities are developing to fill Haiti.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

接近 zip3 gan6
approach
四分一 sei3 fan1 jat1
quarter
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
城市 sing4 si5
city
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
發展 faat3 zin2
develop
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
填海 tin4 hoi2
reclamation
地 deng6
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
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