How to pronounce 牛津 in Cantonese (3 out of 9):

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而佢哋八位都希望成為Oxbridge 劍橋同牛津兩間傳統名牌大學嘅學生
And all eight of them wanted to be students at the prestigious universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Oxford.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

而 nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
佢哋 keoi5 dei6
(pronoun) they
八 baat3
eight
all around
all sides
to nose around
to pry into something
describes someone who is nosy or likes to gossip
to tell
to gossip
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
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
希望 hei1 mong6
hope
成為 sing4 wai2
become
劍橋 gim3 kiu4
Cambridge
同 tung4
and
牛津 ngau4 zan1
Oxford
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
間 haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle
傳統 cyun4 tung2
customs
名牌 ming4 paai4
prestige or luxury brand
大學 daai6 hok6
university
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
學生 hok6 saang1
student

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