How to pronounce 皇宮 in Cantonese (8 out of 9):

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居然喺皇宮里收留了呢啲咁嘅人
And they kept them in the palace.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

居然 geoi1 yin4
unexpectedly
喺 hai2
in
皇宮 wong4 gung1
imperial palace
里 lei5
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
收留 sau1 lau4
shelter
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
呢啲 ni1 di1
(slang) these
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
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