How to pronounce 西九龍 in Cantonese (10 out of 12):

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因為西九龍去深圳北是開倒頭車
Because the West Kowloon to Shenzhen North train has a reverse train, you

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
西九龍 sai1 gau2 lung4
West Kowloon; a part of Kowloon in Hong Kong
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
深圳 sam1 zan3
Shenzhen
北 bui3
an alternative form for 背, back
是 si6
is
開 hoi1
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect
車 geoi1
war chariot
name of a chess piece in Chinese chess

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