How to pronounce 一段 in Cantonese (219 out of 729):

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如果喺广州住过一段时间嘅朋友都
If you had a friend who lived in Guangzhou for a while,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

如果 jyu4 gwo2
if
喺 hai2
in
广 shop
broad
州 zau1
prefecture
(old) province
(old) administrative division
state (e.g. of US)
oblast (Russia)
canton (Switzerland)
continent
to settle in a place
place surrounded by water
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
过 go3
pass
一段 jat1 dyun6
classifier for sections and relationships
时 si4
time
间 gan1
duration
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
朋友 pang4 jau5
friend
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

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