How to pronounce 桔梗 in Cantonese (2 out of 4):

桔梗係開喺唐樓嘅地下
The clock is on the ground floor of the lower building.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

桔梗 gat1 gang2
platycodon
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
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
喺 hai2
in
唐樓 tong4 lau4
Tong Lau
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
地下 dei6 haa6
(noun) 1. ground floor; 2. Ground

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