How to pronounce 河馬 in Cantonese (13 out of 21):

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但係非洲每年有超過兩千人係比河馬殺死咖
But more than 2,000 people die each year in Africa than horses.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但係 daan6 hai6
(conjunction) but
非洲 fei1 jau1
Africa
每年 mooi5 nin4
every year
有 jau6
also
again
超過 ciu1 gwo3
exceed
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
千 cin1
thousand
many
numerous
very
a surname
a swindler
to swindle
to cheat at gambling
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
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
比 bei3
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
河馬 ho4 maa5
hippopotamus
殺死 saat3 sei2
to kill
咖 kaa1
coffee
class
grade
phonetic transliteration such as in the word 'curry'
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