How to pronounce 理由 in Cantonese (2 out of 104):

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「为什么这房子没事的？没理由呀？！」
"Why is this house okay? No reason?"

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

为 wai4
for
什 zaap6
miscellaneous
assorted
么 mo1
an alternative to the word麼, a final interrogative particle
这 ze2
this
房子 fong2 zi2
house
没 mou5
not
事 si6
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
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
理由 lei5 jau4
reason
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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