How to pronounce 相通 in Cantonese (3 out of 8):

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發音同「埋完」(tai-oan) 相通 所以佢就認為「台灣」呢個名好唔吉利，
It's a word that's associated with "buried" (tai-oan), so he thinks "Taiwan" is a bad name.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

發音 faat3 jam1
pronunciation
同 tung4
and
埋 maai4
to bury
to conceal
to hide
to settle (an account)
to close out
to finish up
to move closer to
closer together
as well
完 jyun4
to finish
to be over
whole
complete
entire
to run out
a surname
相通 soeng1 tung1
intercommunicate
所以 so2 ji5
hence
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
認 jing6
to recognize
to know
to admit
to understand
to enter into a certain relationship with
to offer to do something
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
台灣 toi4 waan1
Taiwan
呢個 ni1 go3
this
名 ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
吉利 gat1 lei6
lucky

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