How to pronounce 紫 in Cantonese (2 out of 123):

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如果我没记错应该是叫「宫粉紫荆」吧
If I remember correctly, it should be called "Purple Purple".

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

如果 jyu4 gwo2
if
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
没 mou5
not
记 gei3
remember
错 co3
wrong
应 ying1
should
该 goi1
should
是 si6
is
叫 giu3
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
宫 gung1
palace
粉 fan2
powder
cosmetic face powder
food prepared from starch
noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour
whitewash
white
pink
to crush to powder
powdered
plastered
soft as powder
powdery
pulverized
heroin
drug
fans
紫 zi2
purple
violet
amethyst
Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye)
Japanese: murasaki
a surname
荆 zing1
Jing
吧 baa6
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
...right?
...OK?
...I presume

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