How to pronounce 華僑 in Cantonese (10 out of 18):

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因為去外國我自己算是一個老華僑
I'm a great old man, because I'm a great old man.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
外國 ngoi6 gwok3
foreign country
ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
算是 syun3 si6
considered as
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
lou5
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
old (of people)
venerable (person)
experienced
of long standing
always
all the time
of the past
very
outdated
(of meat etc) tough
old age
abbreviation for Laotse, the founder of Taoism
a surname
to retire from official service
to become old
to honor the aged
shameless, thick-skinned
familiar term of respect for elderly people
decrepit
hardened
steady
trustworthy
dark
deep (colour)
youngest (in Beijing dialect)
parents
華僑 waa4 kiu4
overseas Chinese
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