How to pronounce 馬纓丹 in Cantonese (3 out of 4):

又叫做小葉馬纓丹或者係紫馬纓丹
It's also called the Little Red Riding Hood or the Purple Riding Hood.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
叫做 giu3 zou6
called
小 siu2
small
tiny
few
young
insignificant
minor
humble, a modest way to address oneself
lesser
day before
a little
an euphemism for 𨳒 , to fuck
to have sex with
葉 sip3
a surname
馬纓丹 maa5 jing1 daan1
bergamot fruit
或者 waak6 ze2
or
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
紫 zi2
purple
violet
amethyst
Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye)
Japanese: murasaki
a surname

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