How to pronounce 鄰居 in Cantonese (4 out of 12):

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原來椰子樹村同高砂村係鄰居嚟嘅
The poppy and sandy villages were neighbours.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

原來 yun4 loi4
originally
椰子 je4 zi2
coconut
樹 syu6
tree M: 棵kē [棵]
to cultivate
to set up
door screen
村 cyun1
village
uncouth
to scold
to berate
同 tung4
and
高 gou1
high
tall
above average
loud
your (honorific)
lofty
a high level or degree
superior
a surname
elevated
respectable
noble
expensive
old
supreme
high pitched
high quality
height
砂 saa1
sand
gravel
granule
grit
gritty
sand like material
cinnabar
abrasive cloth
mortar
golddust
sandpit
grindstone
emerywheel
granulated
sandy
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
鄰居 leong4 geoi1
neighbor
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
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