How to pronounce 台北 in Cantonese (55 out of 64):

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所以如果你真是要去台灣住，不一定要住台北的
So if you really want to live in Taiwan, you don't have to live in Taipei.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

所以 so2 ji5
hence
如果 jyu4 gwo2
if
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
真是 zan1 hai6
Really
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
台灣 toi4 waan1
Taiwan
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
不一定 bat1 yat1 ding6
not necessarily
台北 toi4 bak1
Taipei
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

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