How to pronounce 書院 in Cantonese (5 out of 7):

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香港華人西醫書院即是國父孫中山都讀過那間，現為香港大學李嘉誠醫學院

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
華人 waa4 jan4
Chinese people
西醫 sai1 ji1
Western medicine
書院 syu1 jyun2
(noun) 1. School; 2. College
即是 zik1 si6
that is
國父 gwok3 fu6
father of the nation
孫中山 syun1 zung1 saan1
Sun Yat-sen
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
讀過 duk6 gwo3
Read
那 no6
helpless
relunctantly
間 haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle
現 jin6
to appear
present
now
existing
current
to manifest
to become visible
extempore
cash
ready
available
actual
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
香港大學 hoeng1 gong2 daai6 hok6
University of Hong Kong
李嘉誠 lei5 gaa1 sing4
Li Ka-shing

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