How to pronounce 福爾摩沙 in Cantonese (4 out of 8):

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「福爾摩沙，美麗之島」呢個說話就係咁樣嚟嘅。
And this is what the saying goes: "Holmosa, the Island of Beauty" comes from.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

福爾摩沙 fuk1 ji5 mo1 saa1
Formosa
美麗 mei5 lai6
beautiful
之 zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
島 dou2
island
呢個 ni1 go3
this
說話 syut3 waa2
speak
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
樣 joeng2
manner
pattern
way
appearance
shape
classifier: kind, type
sample
variety
style
type
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
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