How to pronounce 鲍 in Cantonese (5 out of 9):

初名越岗院,为南海太守鲍靓之女鲍姑修道行医之所
originally named Yuegangyuan. It was the daughter of Bao Liang, the prefect of Nanhai. The place where Bao Gu practices medicine

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

初 co1
at first
(at the) beginning
first
junior
basic
original
initial
名 ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
越 jyut6
to exceed
to climb over
to surpass
the more... the more
superior in
to go beyond
to propagate
to attain
to reach
to plunder
name of an ancient state
name of a place
abbreviation for Vietnam
岗 gong1
post
院 jyun6
courtyard
institution M: 个gè [个]
yard
court
college
hospital
designation for certain government offices and public places
为 wai4
for
南海 naam4 hoi2
South Sea
鲍 baau1
abalone
靓 leng3
pretty
之 zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
女 neoi6
to marry off one's daughter
姑 gu1
paternal aunt
husband's sister
husband's mother (old)
nun
for the time being (literary)
(country) girl
a general term for unmarried women
a female relative
a gay man
gay men
行 hong6
strong
医 ji1
medical
所 so2
actually
place
classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
that which
particle introducing a relative clause or passive M: 个gè [个]
a building
a bureau
a station
an office
that which
all that
whatever
a unit

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