How to pronounce 东 in Cantonese (291 out of 370):

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始建于东晋元帝大兴二年（319)
was built in the second year of Daxing (319) of Emperor Yuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

始建 ci2 gin3
founded
于 jyu4
to go
to take
sentence-final interrogative particle
variant of 于yú [于]
in
on
at
a surname
东 dung1
east
元 jyun4
unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc)
primary
the first
origin
head
eldest
the Yuan Dynasty
a surname
帝 dai3
emperor
god
imperial
imperialism
supreme ruler
大 taai3
an alternative form for the word太, too
兴 hing1
aroused
二 ji6
two
(Beijing dialect) stupid
twice
second
vice-
once more
again
double
different
年 nin4
year

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