How to pronounce 西洋 in Cantonese (11 out of 13):

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咁點解嚟到2019年, 我哋仲要去講一隻成200年前嘅西洋書法字體呢?
So why in 2019 should we be talking about a 200-year-old Western font?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
點解 dim2 gaai2
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
nin4
year
我哋 ngo5 dei6
(pronoun) we; us
仲要 zung6 yiu3
moreover
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
gong2
(verb) to tell
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
zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
seng4
to succeed
to finish
to complete
to accomplish
to become
to turn into
to be all right
OK!
one tenth
success
to amount to
whole
full
almost
nearly
capable
a surname
to settle
年前 nin4 cin4
years ago
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
西洋 sai1 joeng4
Western
書法 syu1 faat3
calligraphy
字體 zi6 tai2
font
ni1
this
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