How to pronounce 亭亭玉立 in Cantonese (1 out of 3):

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女孩長大了生得如花似玉，亭亭玉立

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

女孩 neoi5 haai4
girl
長大 coeng4 daai6
grow up
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
生 sang1
to be born
to give birth
life
to grow
raw
uncooked
student
living
lifetime
birth
living beings
a male actor
to happen
to occur
to produce
to create
crude
alive
strange
unfamiliar
keenly in
abruptly
rudely
by force
rudely
unskilled
used as a suffix to adverbs
a surname
Mr
得 dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
亭亭玉立 ting4 ting4 juk6 laap6
slim and graceful

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