How to pronounce 開鑿 in Cantonese (2 out of 7):

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而由於這條街是沿著一條人工開鑿的運河 楚河來建造的
And because this street was built along a canal that was built by man, the Chu River.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

而 nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
由於 jau4 jyu1
because of
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
條街 tai4 gaai1
street
是 si6
is
沿 yun4
along
著 zyu3
famous
prominent
to write
to compile
writing
literary work
aboriginal
一條 jat1 tiu4
a
人工 jan4 gung1
(noun) salary
開鑿 hui1 zou2
carve out
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
運河 wan6 ho4
canal
楚 co2
distinct
clear
orderly
pain
suffering
deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex)
punishment cane (old)
name of feudal state
a surname
河 ho2
flat rice noodle
來 loi6
to greet and welcome guests
建造 gin3 zou6
construct

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