How to pronounce 遊歷 in Cantonese (7 out of 8):

呢一件作品嘅靈感來源呢就係呢位藝術家呢喺遊歷西藏嘅時候,發現咗一啲被毀壞嘅佛像
The inspiration for this piece of art is the damaged Buddha statues the artist found when travelling in Tibet

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

呢 ni1
this
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
件 gin2
item
component
classifier for events, things, clothes etc
matter
letter
document
correspondence
作品 zok3 ban2
work
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
靈感 ling4 gam2
inspiration
來源 loi4 jyun4
(verb) Originate from
in
with
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
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
藝術家 ngai6 seot6 gaa1
artist
喺 hai2
in
遊歷 yau4 lik6
travel
西藏 sai1 zong1
Tibet
時候 si4 hau6
time
發現 faat3 jyun6
discover
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
一啲 jat1 di1
a bit
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
毀壞 wai2 waai6
destroy
佛像 fat1 zoeng6
Buddha statue

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