How to pronounce 灌溉 in Cantonese (3 out of 8):

據村民介紹,此水塘的作用是用作農田灌溉 According to the villagers, the purpose of this reservoir is to irrigate farmland.
According to the villagers, the purpose of this reservoir is to irrigate farmland.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

據 geoi3
according to
to act in accordance with
to depend on
to seize
to occupy
a base
evidence
proof
村民 cyun1 man4
villagers
介紹 gaai3 siu6
introduce
此 ci2
this
these
in this case
then
水塘 seoi2 tong4
(noun) reservoir
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
作用 zok3 jung6
function
是 si6
is
用作 jung6 zok3
used as
農田 nung4 tin4
farmland
灌溉 gun3 koi3
(verb) To water

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