How to pronounce 河馬 in Cantonese (16 out of 25):

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如果你個樣成隻河馬咁
If you look like a river horse,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

如果 jyu4 gwo2
if
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
樣 joeng2
manner
pattern
way
appearance
shape
classifier: kind, type
sample
variety
style
type
成 seng4
to succeed
to finish
to complete
to accomplish
to become
to turn into
to be all right
OK!
one tenth
success
to amount to
whole
full
almost
nearly
capable
a surname
to settle
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
河馬 ho4 maa5
hippopotamus
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this

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