How to pronounce 表面上 in Cantonese (14 out of 18):

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因為係揾錢購錢，所以Arthur 表面上 係講緊希望自己嘅死可以更加有「物質上」嘅價值。
Because it's about making money and buying money, Arthur is apparently talking about hoping that his death will be more "material".

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
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
揾錢 wan2 cin2
make money
購 kau3
to buy
to purchase
to hire
錢 zin2
an ancient type of farming tool
所以 so2 ji5
hence
表面上 biu2 min6 soeng6
Ostensibly
講緊 gong2 gan2
talking about
希望 hei1 mong6
hope
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
死 si2
to die
impassable
uncrossable
inflexible
rigid
extremely
damned
dead
death
the dead
die for (cause)
condemned to die
solid, not hollow
irreconcilable
deadly
obsolete
to the death
stubbornly
desperately
resolutely
dogmatic
in a unconscious
to do something by rote
to do something passively, without doing anything
used to emphasis the negative meaning of a word or phrase
可以 ho2 ji5
(adjective) so so
更加 gang3 ga1
even more
有 jau6
also
again
物質 mat6 zat1
material
上 soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
價值 gaai3 zik6
value
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