How to pronounce 怎能 in Cantonese (2 out of 28):

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來黃埔古港又怎能夠不吃這個「貓記艇仔粥」呢？攝影師只吃艇仔粥不夠
How could you not eat that cat-and-mouse jacket in the old port of Hubei?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

來 loi6
to greet and welcome guests
黃埔 wong4 bou3
Whampoa
古 gu2
ancient
old
paleo-
ancient times
things
antiquity
a surname
港 gong2
harbor
port M: 个gè [个]
small stream
bay
abbreviation for Hong Kong
又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
怎能 zem2 nang4
how can
夠 gau3
to reach
to be enough
adequate
tired of
fed up with
too
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
這個 ze2 go3
this one
貓 miu4
cat M: 只zhī [只]
(dialect) to hide oneself
(coll.) modem
to arch one's back
to be drunk
to be high on drugs
記 gei3
to record
to note
to remember
mark
sign
classifier for blows, kicks, shots
written accounts
records
a seal
to keep in mind
a book recording notes
information
people
usually used in abbreviating the name or brandname of a shop
business
艇仔粥 teng5 zai2 zuk1
sampan rice porridge
呢 ni1
this
攝影師 sip3 jing2 si1
photographer
只 zi2
only
merely
just
but
不夠 bat1 gau3
not enough

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