How to pronounce 堂 in Cantonese (23 out of 353):

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起緊堂起緊
It's building.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
緊 gan2
tight
strict
close at hand
near
urgent
tense
hard up
short of money
to tighten
taut
firm
secure
tight (short of money)
placed afte a verb to indicate an ongoing
continuous
non-stopping action
fast
堂 tong4
(main) hall
large room for a specific purpose
relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
of the same clan
classifier for sets (or suites) of furniture, classes etc M: 间jiān [间]

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