How to pronounce 九龍城 in Cantonese (27 out of 40):

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我們是在九龍城的打鐵街那裡，這條街已經沒有了

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我們 ngo5 mun4
we
是 si6
is
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
九龍城 gau2 lung4 sing4
Kowloon City
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
街 gaai1
street
那裡 naa5 lei5
there
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
條街 tai4 gaai1
street
已經 ji5 ging1
already
沒有 mou5 jau5
without
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

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