How to pronounce 东 in Cantonese (73 out of 370):

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不过我们已经吃过东西了，所以今天没吃
But we've had some food, so we didn't eat today.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
过 go3
pass
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
们 men2
plural suffix for pronouns
已 ji5
already
to stop
then
afterwards
only
too much
enough!
used as a final particle to add emphasis
经 ging1
pass through
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
东 dung1
east
西 sai1
west
western
occident
foreign
a surname
abbreviation for Spain
westwards
a pawn-ticket
cunt
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
所以 so2 ji5
hence
今天 gam1 tin1
today
没 mou5
not

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