How to pronounce 河馬 in Cantonese (16 out of 21):

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

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

如果 jyu4 gwo2
if
nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
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
joeng2
manner
pattern
way
appearance
shape
classifier: kind, type
sample
variety
style
type
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
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
gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
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