How to pronounce 坛 in Cantonese (3 out of 3):

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不过被一个花坛挡住了

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
过 go3
pass
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
一个 jat1 go3
One;a
an
花 waa6
flower
blossom M: 朵duǒ [朵]
支zhī [支]
束shù [束]
把bǎ [把]
盆pén [盆]
簇cù [簇]
fancy pattern
florid
to spend (money, time)
a flowering plant
prostitute
prostitution
smallpox
multicolored
fireworks
to spend
to expend
stars on the shoulder of policeman's uniform to denote the rank
disorderly
scratched
dirty
pre-sale
suffix related to a female
坛 taam4
jar
挡 dong3
block
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
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret

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