How to pronounce 難堪 in Cantonese (3 out of 3):

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而商城為了不那麼難堪 看起來店舖都關閉了
and the mall, to avoid embarrassment, has made the shops look closed.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

而 nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
商城 soeng1 sing4
shopping mall
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
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
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
那麼 naa5 mo1
so
難堪 naan4 ham1
embarrassing
看起來 hon3 hei2 loi4
seem
店舖 dim3 pou3
noun; shop
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
關閉 gwaan1 bai3
close

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