How to pronounce 刀 in Cantonese (70 out of 104):

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城嘛 對 切得很美
The city of swords is beautiful.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

dou1
knife
sing4
city walls
city
town M: 座zuò [座]
道dào [道]
个gè [个]
municipality
maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'
deoi3
right
correct
couple
pair
towards
at
for
to face
opposite
to treat (sb a certain way)
to match together
to adjust
to fit
to suit
to answer
to reply
classifier: couple
pair
to compare
to check
to adjust
cit3
definitely
absolutely (not)
(scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.
Tut!
to grind
close to
eager
to correspond to
see also 反切fǎnqiè [反切]
to cut
to mince
to slice
to carve
tangent
eager
must
to be sure to
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
han2
very
mei5
beautiful
very satisfactory
good
to beautify
to be pleased with oneself
to praise
to use euphemism
American
America
beauty
perfection
pleasing
perfect
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