How to pronounce 動工 in Cantonese (2 out of 2):

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本來說這條輕軌有望今年可以動工
This light rail is expected to be operational this year.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

本來 bun2 loi4
(adverb) initial
syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
輕軌 hing1 gwai2
light rail
有望 jau5 mong6
hopeful
今年 gam1 nin4
this year
可以 ho2 ji5
(adjective) so so
動工 dung6 gung1
start construction
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