How to pronounce 丹 in Cantonese (39 out of 39):

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吉隆坡第三任甲必丹,葉亞來先生
The third Kapitan in Kuala Lumpur, Mr. Yap Ah Loy

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

吉隆坡 gat1 lung4 po1
Kuala Lumpur
第三 dai6 saam1
the third
任 jam6
to assign
to appoint
to take up a post
office
responsibility
to let
to allow
to give free rein to
no matter (how, what etc)
classifier for the number of terms served in office, post, or rank
甲 gaap3
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干shítiāngān [十天干]
(used for an unspecified person or thing)
first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
armor plating
shell or carapace
(of the fingers or toes) nail
bladed leather or metal armor (old)
ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
civil administration unit (old)
to be better than
必 bit1
(adverb) Surely
丹 daan1
dan
葉 sip3
a surname
亞 ngaa3
Asia
Asian
second
next to
inferior
sub-
Taiwan pr. [yǎ]
used as a prefix to names
來 loi6
to greet and welcome guests
先生 sin1 saang1
(used before a man's family name) Mr.

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