How to pronounce 黃埔 in Cantonese (7 out of 13):

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黃埔古港又怎能夠不吃這個「貓記艇仔粥」呢?攝影師只吃艇仔粥不夠
How could you not eat that cat-and-mouse jacket in the old port of Hubei?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

loi6
to greet and welcome guests
黃埔 wong4 bou3
Whampoa
gu2
ancient
old
paleo-
ancient times
things
antiquity
a surname
gong2
harbor
port M: 个gè [个]
small stream
bay
abbreviation for Hong Kong
jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
怎能 zem2 nang4
how can
gau3
to reach
to be enough
adequate
tired of
fed up with
too
fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
這個 ze2 go3
this one
miu4
cat M: 只zhī [只]
(dialect) to hide oneself
(coll.) modem
to arch one's back
to be drunk
to be high on drugs
gei3
to record
to note
to remember
mark
sign
classifier for blows, kicks, shots
written accounts
records
a seal
to keep in mind
a book recording notes
information
people
usually used in abbreviating the name or brandname of a shop
business
艇仔粥 teng5 zai2 zuk1
sampan rice porridge
ni1
this
攝影師 sip3 jing2 si1
photographer
zi2
only
merely
just
but
不夠 bat1 gau3
not enough
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