How to pronounce 玉蘭 in Cantonese (1 out of 3):

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玉堂春、梨花、桃花、紫玉蘭、杜鵑
The yucca, the pear, the peach, the purple, the turmeric.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

玉 juk6
jade
figurative of a woman's body
(of a woman) pure
fair
beautiful
graceful
your esteemed
precious stone
gem
a surname
堂 tong4
(main) hall
large room for a specific purpose
relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
of the same clan
classifier for sets (or suites) of furniture, classes etc M: 间jiān [间]
春 ceon1
spring (time)
gay
joyful
youthful
love
lust
life
used in expressions of exasperation or irritation
梨 lei2
pear M: 个gè [个]
opera
花 waa6
flower
blossom M: 朵duǒ [朵]
支zhī [支]
束shù [束]
把bǎ [把]
盆pén [盆]
簇cù [簇]
fancy pattern
florid
to spend (money, time)
a flowering plant
prostitute
prostitution
smallpox
multicolored
fireworks
to spend
to expend
stars on the shoulder of policeman's uniform to denote the rank
disorderly
scratched
dirty
pre-sale
suffix related to a female
桃花 tou4 faa1
Peach blossom, this flower is often associated with love in Chinese culture 2.
紫 zi2
purple
violet
amethyst
Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye)
Japanese: murasaki
a surname
玉蘭 yuk6 laan4
magnolia
杜鵑 dou6 gan1
azalea

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