How to pronounce 消息 in Cantonese (219 out of 341):

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不過壞消息就是這個地鐵站離商場還很遠
However, the bad news is that this subway station is still far from the shopping mall.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不過 bat1 gwo3
however
壞 waai6
bad
spoiled
broken
to break down
(suffix) to the utmost
to spoil
to ruin
to destroy
消息 siu1 sik1
news
就是 zau6 si6
(verb) Something is…
這個 ze2 go3
this one
地鐵站 dei6 tit3 zaam6
subway station
離 lei4
to leave
to part from
to be away from
(in giving distances) from
without (sth)
independent of
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦bāguà [八卦], symbolizing fire
☲
separation
departure
to separate
to go away from
to dispense with
to go without
to go against
商場 soeng1 coeng4
mall
還 waan4
still
still in progress
still more
yet
even more
in addition
fairly
passably (good)
as early as
even
also
else
besides
to return (to a place)
to give back
to repay
to return something
again
to revert to the original state
很 han2
very
遠 jyun6
to keep away from
to shun
to avoid

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