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

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巽寮灣的海岸線很長
The coastline of the Bay of Bengal is long.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

巽 seon3
to obey
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦bāguà [八卦], symbolizing wood and wind
☴
south east
modest
obedient
mild
寮 liu4
shack
灣 waan4
bay
gulf
to cast anchor
to moor (a boat)
the bend of stream
nine (a triad jargon)
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
海岸線 hoi2 ngon6 sin3
coastline
很 han2
very
長 zoeng6
extraneous
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