How to pronounce 永久 in Cantonese (29 out of 48):

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香港係永久地割讓　咁點解要還返
So why are we giving Hong Kong back to China?'

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
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
永久 wing5 gau2
permanent
地 deng6
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
割讓 got3 joeng6
cede
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
點解要 gam2 gaai2 jiu3
why do
還 waan4
still
still in progress
still more
yet
even more
in addition
fairly
passably (good)
as early as
even
also
else
besides
to return (to a place)
to give back
to repay
to return something
again
to revert to the original state
返 faan1
to return (to)
to revert to
to restore
to go back
to come back

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