How to pronounce 墨西哥 in Cantonese (5 out of 97):

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呢間墨西哥卷應該都開咗幾年
This Mexican book must have been out for years.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

呢 ni1
this
間 haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle
墨西哥 mak6 sai1 go1
Mexico
卷 gyun2
curl
應該 jing1 goi1
should
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
幾 gei2
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
年 nin4
year

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