How to pronounce 塔 in Cantonese (71 out of 176):

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因为实在太多乘客，拍不了琶洲塔了
Because there were too many passengers, we couldn't get a photo of the Neptune Tower.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因 jan1
cause
reason
because
on the basis of
as a result of
follow
为 wai4
for
实 sat6
reality
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
太 taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
乘客 sing4 haak3
passenger
拍 paak2
racket (sports)
不了 bat1 liu5
unable to
琶洲 paa4 zau1
Pazhou
塔 taap3
pagoda
tower
minaret
stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo) M: 座zuò [座]
column
to lock up
to lock
to handcuff
a lock
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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