How to pronounce 表面上 in Cantonese (15 out of 18):

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笑或者表面上睇落好開心而被叫做Happy呢樣嘢 其實對於佢嚟講係失去咗意義，
The idea of smiling, or appearing happy on the surface, and being called happy, actually lost its meaning to her.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

笑 siu3
laugh
smile M: 个gè [个]
giggle
chuckle
to ridicule
to jeer
或者 waak6 ze2
or
表面上 biu2 min6 soeng6
Ostensibly
睇落 tai2 lok6
looks like; seems; to come across as
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
開心 hoi1 sam1
happy
而 nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
叫做 giu3 zou6
called
呢 ni1
this
樣嘢 joeng6 je5
Kind of thing
其實 kei4 sat6
actually
對於 deoi3 jyu6
regarding
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
嚟講 lai4 gong2
regarding
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
失去 sat1 heoi3
lose
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
意義 yi3 ji6
meaning
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