How to pronounce 洋行 in Cantonese (4 out of 5):

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但洋行因為世界經濟大蕭條而於1867年結業，總行大樓年改建成香港大酒店
However, the foreign company closed in 1867 due to the Great Depression, and the head office building was converted into the Hong Kong Hotel. The

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
洋行 joeng4 hong2
(noun) a trading company
因為 jan1 wai6
due to
大蕭條 daai6 siu1 tiu4
Great Depression
而 nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
於 wu1
(literary) Oh!
Ah!
a tiger (dated term)
年 nin4
year
結業 git3 jip6
closing down
總行 zung2 hong2
Head Office; Headquarters
大樓 daai6 lau4
building
改建 goi2 gin3
renovation
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
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
大酒店 daai6 zau2 dim3
lit. big hotel, as a synonym for funeral parlour
big or grand hotel

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