How to pronounce 蓮花 in Cantonese (17 out of 33):

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攝影師：上次去蓮花山買的那些是很便宜的，市場的螃蟹通常都是十多元一隻的
Photographer: Last time I went to Lotus Mountain, the ones I bought were cheap, and the prices on the market were usually over $10.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

攝影師 sip3 jing2 si1
photographer
上次 soeng5 ci3
last time
去 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
蓮花 lin4 faa1
lotus
山 saan1
mountain
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
那些 naa5 go2
those
是 si6
is
很 han2
very
便宜 pin4 ji4
cheap; inexpensive
petty gain
市場 si5 coeng4
(noun) supermarket
螃蟹 poung4 haai5
crab
通常 tung1 soeng4
normally
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
十 sap6
ten
tenth
complete
completely
perfect
extremely
KangXi radical 24
多元 do1 jyun4
multi-dimensional
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)

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