How to pronounce 河南 in Cantonese (3 out of 16):

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「寧要河北一張床，不要河南一間房」
"I'd rather have a bed in the north than a room in the south".

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

寧 ning6
peaceful
to pacify
to visit (one's parents etc)
peace
another name for Nanjing
would rather than
better be than
how could it be
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
河北 ho4 bak1
Hebei
一張 jat1 zoeng1
a piece (of paper)
床 cong4
bed
couch
classifier for beds M: 张zhāng [张]
chassis
framework
不要 bat1 jiu3
do not
河南 ho4 naam4
Henan
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
間房 gaan3 fong2
to partition a room; to charge customers sharing a taxi together per head instead (to split the cost) [colloquial]

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