How to pronounce 鳥籠 in Cantonese (7 out of 8):

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身軀似鳥籠裏躺 不過剩這一雙清澈眼光
body lying like a birdcage, only a pair of clear eyes remain.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

身軀 san1 keoi1
body
似 ci5
seems as if
rather like
Taiwan pr. [sìde]
to resemble
鳥籠 niu5 lung4
birdcage
裏 leoi5
lining
interior
inside
internal
within
in
at
during
over
suffix used to indicate here, there, where
inner
不過 bat1 gwo3
however
剩 zing6
to remain
to be left
to have as remainder
residual
surplus
remains
leftovers
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
一雙 jat1 soeng1
A pair
清澈 ceng1 ciet3
clear and transparent
眼光 ngaan5 gwong1
vision

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