How to pronounce 坐地 in Cantonese (9 out of 10):

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吓住到黄埔上边嗰啲咁样坐地
And they were so scared of the subway that they sat up in the city of Hokkaido.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

haa5
once
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
dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
wong4
yellow
bou3
port
wharf
pier
plain
market
part of a place name
soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
bin1
side
嗰啲 go2 di1
(pronoun) those
gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
yeung6
like
坐地 sit3 dei6
grounded
tit3
iron
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