How to pronounce 楝 in Cantonese (8 out of 9):

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沒想到居然是整楝房子兩層都給了我們

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

沒想到 mui5 soeng2 dou3
didn't expect
居然 geoi1 yin4
unexpectedly
是 si6
is
整 zing2
exactly
in good order
whole
complete
entire
in order
orderly
to repair
to mend
to renovate
(coll.) to fix sb
to give sb a hard time
to mess with sb
to tidy
to arrange
to adjust
to make ready
to set in order
to make
to fetch
to give
to trick
楝 man4
China berry
房子 fong2 zi2
house
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
層 cang4
layer
stratum
laminated
floor (of a building)
storey
classifier for layers
repeated
sheaf (math.)
to overlap
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
給 kap1
to
for
for the benefit of
to give
to allow
to do sth (for sb)
(grammatical equivalent of 被)
(grammatical equivalent of 把)
(sentence intensifier)
to supply
to provide
well provided for
abundant
glib
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
我們 ngo5 mun4
we

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