How to pronounce 唐人街 in Cantonese (4 out of 19):

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因為我們不是建立唐人街,一大班人遷入已有人住的地方
Because we're not building Chinese streets, we're building a bunch of people that are moving into places that are already inhabited.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
我們 ngo5 mun4
we
不是 bat1 si6
is not
建立 gin3 laap6
establish
唐人街 tong4 jan4 gaai1
Chinatown
一大班 jat1 daai6 baan1
a large crowd
jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
遷入 cin1 jap6
migrate
ji5
already
to stop
then
afterwards
only
too much
enough!
used as a final particle to add emphasis
有人 yau5 jan4
someone has
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
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
地方 dei6 fong1
place
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