How to pronounce 馬爾代夫 in Cantonese (1 out of 3):

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隻蛋靚到好似馬爾代夫啲小島咁
The eggs are as beautiful as the Maldives.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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)
蛋 daan6
egg
oval-shaped M: 个gè [个]
打dá [打]
a watch
fellow (used in conjunction with an adjective or a noun in a derogatory manner)
靚 zing6
to make up (one's face)
to dress
(of one's dress) beautiful
smartly dressed (woman)
ornament
quiet
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
好似 hou2 ci5
(adjective) similar
馬爾代夫 maa5 ji5 doi6 fu2
Maldives
啲 dit1
only a little bit
小島 siu2 dou2
island
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this

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