How to pronounce 荔枝 in Cantonese (17 out of 18):

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只能够见唔见到就系荔枝系只要卖到廿几
And the only thing that's going to happen is that you can sell a couple of dozen of them.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

只能 zi2 nang4
can only
gau3
enough
gin3
see
ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
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
hai6
department
荔枝 lai6 zi1
lychee
只要 zi2 yiu3
as long as
maai6
sell
廿 jap6
twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions
also written using banker's character 念
twentieth
twenty-odd
gei2
how many; several
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