How to pronounce 大會堂 in Cantonese (9 out of 18):

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舊香港大會堂是當時洋人上流社會的社交場所，雖然由民間英商出資興建

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

舊 gau6
old
opposite: new 新
former
worn (with age)
hundred bucks
a lump, a quantifier
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
大會堂 daai6 wui2 tong4
city hall
是 si6
is
當時 dong1 si4
back then
洋人 yeung4 yan4
foreigner
上流社會 soeng5 lau4 se5 wui2
high society
的 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
社交 se5 gaau1
socializing
場所 coeng4 so2
place
雖然 seoi1 jin4
although
由 jau4
to follow
from
it is for...to
reason
cause
because of
due to
to
to leave it (to sb)
by (introduces passive verb)
up to
through
a surname
民間 man4 gaan1
folk
英 jing1
hero
outstanding
excellent
(literary) flower
blossom
brave
petal
leaf
talent
youthful
prominent
British
Britain
England
heroic
handsome
admirable
smart
great
商 soeng1
commerce
merchant
dealer
to consult
2nd note in pentatonic scale
quotient (as in 智商zhìshāng [智商], intelligence quotient)
to discuss
出資 ceot1 zi1
invest
興建 hing1 gin3
construct

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