How to pronounce 古 in Cantonese (51 out of 361):

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古街民居一般為小開間、大進深、多天井、佈局緊湊

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

古 gu2
ancient
old
paleo-
ancient times
things
antiquity
a surname
街 gaai1
street
民居 man4 geoi1
residential houses
一般 jat1 bun1
generally
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
小開 siu2 hoi1
rich kid
間 haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle
大 taai3
an alternative form for the word太, too
進 zeon3
to advance
to enter
to come (or go) into
to receive or admit
to eat or drink
to submit or present
(used after a verb) into, in
to score a goal
to make progress
to purchase
to recruit
深 sam1
deep
depth
deeply
(of a color) dark
deep
rich
profound
mysterious
difficult
abstruse
intimate
extremely
late (night
period
season)
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
天井 tin1 zeng2
skylight
佈局 bou3 gaau3
layout
緊湊 gan2 cau3
compact

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