How to pronounce 高樓 in Cantonese (18 out of 31):

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寨城由外到內都畀呢啲高樓包圍住
Walled City is completely surrounded by these high-rise buildings, with

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

寨 jaai6
stockade
城 sing4
city walls
city
town M: 座zuò [座]
道dào [道]
个gè [个]
municipality
由 jau4
to follow
from
it is for...to
reason
cause
because of
due to
to
to leave it (to sb)
by (introduces passive verb)
up to
through
a surname
外 oi6
outside
in addition
foreign
external
informal
relatives of one's mother
sisters
daughters
abroad
part of the name of some of the roles in traditional Chinese opera
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
內 noi6
inside
inner
internal
within
interior
domestic
one's wife
wife's relatives
the imperial courts
the female members (of a family)
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
畀 bei3
to confer on
to give to
to let
to allow
by
to
have been
呢啲 ni1 di1
(slang) these
高樓 go1 lau4
tall building
包圍 baau1 wai4
surround
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb

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