shi2 shi4 shi1 shi4 shi1 shi4, shi4 shi1, --1
shi4 shi2 shi2 shi1. --2
shi4 shi2 shi2 shi4 shi4 shi4 shi1. --3
shi2 shi2, shi4 shi2 shi1 shi4 shi4. --4
shi4 shi2, shi4 shi1 shi4 shi4 shi4. --5
shi4 shi4 shi4 shi2 shi1, --6
shi4 shi1 shi4, --7
shi4 shi3 shi4 shi2 shi1 shi4 shi4. --8
shi4 shi2 shi4 shi2 shi1, --9
shi4 shi2 shi4, --10
shi2 shi4 shi1. --11
shi4 shi3 shi4 shi4 shi2 shi4, --12
shi2 shi4 shi4, --13
shi4 shi3 shi4 shi2 shi2 shi1 shi1. --14
shi2 shi2, --15
shi3 shi4 shi4 shi2 shi1 shi1, shi2 shi2 shi2 shi1 shi1,--16
shi4 shi4 shi4 shi4. --17

Lets see how this story is pronounce in Cantonese.

This is the translation:

1)-- shi2(stone) shi4(house) shi1(poet) shi4(scholar)shi1(last name) shi4(Mr.), shi4(take delight in) shi1(lion),
2)-- shi4(vow) shi2(eat) shi2(ten) shi1(lion).
3)-- shi4(last name) shi2 shi2(frequently) shi4(travel to) shi4(town) shi4(look) shi1(lion).
4)-- shi2(ten) shi2(o'clock), shi4(happened to) shi2(ten) shi1(lion) shi4(travel to) shi4(town).
5)-- shi4 shi2(at the moment), shi4(happen to) shi1(last name) shi4(Mr.) shi4(at) shi4(town).
6)-- shi4(last name) shi4(see) shi4(is/are) shi2(ten) shi1(lion),
7)-- shi4(use) shi1(lost) shi4(strength),
8)-- shi3 shi4(until) shi2(ten) shi1(lion) shi4 shi4(die).
9)-- shi4(Mr.) shi2(pick up) shi4(these) shi2(ten) shi1(corpse),
10)-- shi4(travel back to) shi2(stone) shi4(house), 11)-- shi2(stone) shi4(house) shi1(wet).
12)-- shi4(Mr.) shi3(order) shi4(servant) shi4(wipe) shi2(stone) shi4(house),
13)-- shi2(stone) shi4(house) shi4(wiped),
14)-- shi4(Mr.) shi3(start) shi4(try) shi2(eat) shi2(ten) shi1(lion) shi1(corpse).
15)-- shi2(eat) shi2(moment),
16)-- shi3(only) shi4(know) shi4(is/are) shi2(ten) shi1(lion) shi1(corpse), shi2(hard) shi2(ten) shi2(stone) shi1(lion) shi1(corpse),
17)-- shi4(attempt) shi4(explain) shi4(this) shi4(story).

This is the complete translation--

(Once opon a time,) there was a poetic scholar whose name is Mr. Shi, who take delight in lion,
he vowed to eat 10 lions.
He frequently traveled to towns to look at lions.
One day, at 10 o'clock, 10 lions happened to travel to the town.
At the same moment, Mr. Shi arrived at the town too.
Mr. Shi saw there are 10 lions,
He used his awesome strength to make them lost strength,
then he killed them.
He then picked up those dead body,
and transported them back to the stone house,
when he arrived at home, he found out that his house was wet.
He ordered his servants to wipe the stone house,
after the stone house was wiped,
he tried to eat the lions.
Only to find out that those lions were actually made from stones,
This is my attempt to explain this weird story.

This is the Cantonese pronunciation of the same story--

sek sat si si si si, si si, --1
sai sik sap si. --2
si si si sik si si si. --3
sap si, sik sap si sik si. --4
si si, sik si si si si. --5
si si si sap si, --6
chi sat sai, --7
si si sap si sai sai. --8
si sap si sap si, --9
sik sek sat, --10
sek sat sap. --11
si si si sik sek sat, --12
sek sat sik, --13
si chi si sik sap si si. --14
sik si, --15
chi sik si sap si si, sat sap sek si si, --16
si sik si si. --17

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