How to pronounce 寧願 in Cantonese (36 out of 112):

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我寧願比多幾廿蚊買多一板新鮮嘅海膽呀！
I'd rather buy a plate of fresh sea urchin for 20 dollars more!

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
寧願 ning4 jyun6
rather
比 bei3
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
幾廿 gei2 jaap6
several twenties
蚊 man4
mosquito
gnat
dollar
ten thousand
ten thousand bucks
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
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
新鮮 san1 sin1
(noun) latest (news);
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
海膽 hoi2 daam3
sea urchin
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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