How to pronounce 表面上 in Cantonese (2 out of 18):

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表面上係一位精神病院嘅病人, 但佢有過人嘅智力
He was a psychiatric patient on the surface, but he had a human intelligence.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

表面上 biu2 min6 soeng6
Ostensibly
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
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
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
精神病院 zing1 san4 beng6 jyun2
Mental hospital
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
病人 beng6 jan4
patient
但 daan6
but
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
有 jau6
also
again
過人 gwo3 jan4
extraordinary
智力 zi3 lik6
intelligence
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