How to pronounce 蓮 in Cantonese (60 out of 61):

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很多時候很容易有一種「啞子吃黃蓮」（有苦自己知）的感覺， 好像全世界都與你溝通不了， 他們都不理解你的情況
Many times it is easy to have a feeling of "a dumb person eating bitter gourd" (only one knows the pain), as if the whole world cannot communicate with you, and they do not understand your situation.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

很多時 han2 do1 si4
often
候 hau6
to wait
to inquire after
to watch
season
climate
(old) period of five days
to expect
to visit
to greet
condition
很 han2
very
容易 jung4 ji6
easy
有 jau6
also
again
一種 yat1 zung2
a kind
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
黃 wong4
yellow
pornographic
prostitution
vice
to fall through
a surname
abbreviation for personal and place names
the 'yellow' race
withered
KangXi radical 201
蓮 lin4
lotus
lotus seed
water lily
paradise
苦 fu2
bitter
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
知 zi3
an alternative form for 智,wisdom
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
感覺 gam2 gok3
feeling
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
像 zoeng6
(verb) 1. Look like; (noun)
Statue; (of digital camera) 2. Pixel or amount of pixel
全世界 cyun4 sai3 gaai3
whole world
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
與 jyu6
to participate
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
溝通 kau1 tung1
Communicate
不了 bat1 liu5
unable to
他們 taa1 mun4
they
不理 bat1 lei5
ignore
解 haai5
to understand
acrobatic skills on horseback
part of a place name
a surname
情況 cing4 fong3
situation

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