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

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好喇，咁好略略咁解釋咗「台灣」呢個名 點嚟同「福爾摩沙」呢個名又點嚟之後，

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
喇 laa3
trumpet
loudspeaker'
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
略略 loek6 loek6
somewhat
解釋 gaai2 sik1
explain
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
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
點 dim2
point
dot
drop
speck
o'clock
point (in space or time)
to draw a dot
to check on a list
to choose
to order (food in a restaurant)
to touch briefly
to hint
to light
to ignite
to pour a liquid drop by drop
(old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更gēng [更]
dot stroke in Chinese characters
classifier for items
a spot
degree
a blot
light refreshment
to mark off
to inspect
how?
to instruct
to advise (especially in 'to mislead')
to cheat
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
同 tung4
and
福爾摩沙 fuk1 ji5 mo1 saa1
Formosa
又點 yau6 dim2
how yeung
之後 zi1 hau6
after

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