How to pronounce 古舊 in Cantonese (10 out of 15):

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京都古舊的屋多一層或兩層
Older houses in Kyoto have one or two more floors.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

京都 ging1 dou6
Kyoto
古舊 gu2 gau3
ancient and old
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
屋 uk1
house
room M: 间jiān [间]
个gè [个]
shelter
building
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
一層 jat1 cang4
one layer
one floor
或 waak6
maybe
perhaps
might
possibly
or
someone
slightly
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
層 cang4
layer
stratum
laminated
floor (of a building)
storey
classifier for layers
repeated
sheaf (math.)
to overlap

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