How to pronounce 長頸鹿 in Cantonese (14 out of 15):

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佢嘅外型就好特別，有人覺得佢好似一隻長頸鹿，所以就叫佢長頸鹿樹

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
外型 ngoi6 ying4
appearance
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
特別 dak6 bit6
special
有人 yau5 jan4
someone has
覺得 gok3 dak1
think
好似 hou2 ci5
(adjective) similar
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
隻 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)
長頸鹿 coeng4 geng2 luk6
giraffe
所以 so2 ji5
hence
叫 giu3
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
樹 syu6
tree M: 棵kē [棵]
to cultivate
to set up
door screen

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