How to pronounce 河馬 in Cantonese (8 out of 21):

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似唔似隻河馬喺度打緊喊露
It's not like a river horse is screaming.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

ci5
seems as if
rather like
Taiwan pr. [sìde]
to resemble
ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
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
喺度 hai2 dou6
(slang) "here"; an expression to indicate that someone is here
around
打緊 daa2 gan2
fighting
in the midst of
ham6
to yell
to shout
to call out for (a person)
to howl
to cry
to gossip maliciously
lou6
dew
syrup
nectar
outdoors (not under cover)
to show
to reveal
to betray
to expose
to bare
drinks
cosmetics distilled from flowers
fruits
leaves
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