How to pronounce 规 in Cantonese (2 out of 28):

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我上网查过资料 原来以前这里是有规划停车位的 但是不知道为什么一夜之间都取消了
I went online and looked up the information that there was a parking lot planned here, but I don't know why it was cancelled overnight.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
上 soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
网 mong5
internet
查 zaa1
a surname
an alternative form of楂, haw
过 go3
pass
资 zi1
resources
料 liu6
to expect
to anticipate
to guess
to attend to
to take care of
原 jyun5
hypocrite
来 loi4
come
以前 yi5 cin4
before
这 ze2
this
里 lei5
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
是 si6
is
有 jau6
also
again
规 kwai1
rule
划 waak6
plan
停 ting4
to stop
to halt
to park (a car)
to suspend
车 ce1
car
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
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
但是 daan6 si6
but
不知道 bat1 zi1 dou6
not knowing
为 wai4
for
什 zaap6
miscellaneous
assorted
么 mo1
an alternative to the word麼, a final interrogative particle
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
夜 je6
night
dark
in night
by night
nocturnal
之 zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
间 gan1
duration
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
取消 hai4 fau2
cancel
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret

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