How to pronounce 無可奈何 in Cantonese (1 out of 7):

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最後英國就無可奈何,都是要收,大規模地收這批烏干達的印裔人
And in the end, Britain had no choice but to take in these Ugandan Indians in large numbers.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

最後 zeoi3 hau6
last
英國 jing1 gwok3
United Kingdom
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
無可奈何 mou4 ho2 noi6 ho4
(adjective) Helpless
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
是 si6
is
要收 yiu1 sau1
want to collect
大規模 daai6 kwai1 mou4
large-scale
地 deng6
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
收 sau1
to receive
to accept
to collect
to put away
to restrain
to stop
in care of (used on address line after name)
to harvest
to regain
to take something back
to gather
to build an affiliation with someone such as to adopt
to take in
to hide
to retract
to punish
to contain
to end
to retrieve
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
批 pai1
to ascertain
to act on
to criticize
to pass on
classifier for batches, lots, military flights
tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
to slap
to scrape
wholesale
pie (loanword)
land allocation
to comment
to strike
to hit
to chop
烏干達 wu1 gon1 daat6
Uganda
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
印 ngan3
to print
to mark
to engrave
a seal
a print
a stamp
a mark
a trace
image
a surname
裔 jeoi6
descendants
frontier
progeny
posterity
hem of a garment
borderland
distant land
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else

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