How to pronounce 牛頭 in Cantonese (5 out of 8):

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牛不喝水不能把牛頭按下去
can't push the cow's head down if it doesn't want to drink water.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

牛 ngau4
ox
cow
bull M: 条tiáo [条]
头tóu [头]
(slang) awesome
KangXi radical 93
name of a constellation
stubborn
arrogant
a surname
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
喝水 hot3 seoi2
to drink water
不能 bat1 nang4
cannot
把 baa3
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
牛頭 ngau4 tau4
Cow Head
按下 ngon3 haa6
press
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

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