How to pronounce 生於 in Cantonese (4 out of 11):

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有人嚮往生於富貴有權家庭，感歎自己父親為什麼不是李嘉誠
Some people are born into wealthy and powerful families and wonder why their father is not Lee.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

有人 yau5 jan4
someone has
嚮往 hoeng3 mong6
long for
生於 sang1 jyu1
be born in
富貴 fu3 gwai3
affluent; wealthy
有權 jau5 kyun4
have power
家庭 ga1 ting1
family
感歎 gam2 taan3
exclamation
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
父親 fu6 cing1
father
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
不是 bat1 si6
is not
李嘉誠 lei5 gaa1 sing4
Li Ka-shing
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