How to pronounce 大衣 in Cantonese (2 out of 3):

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reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy's shoulders (佢呢度講緊Gordan 喺Bruce父母俾人槍殺之後， 俾咗件大衣Bruce褸住。）

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
呢度 ni1 dou6
(prep.) here.
講緊 gong2 gan2
talking about
喺 hai2
in
父母 fu6 mou5
parents
俾 pai3
a parapet
to look askance
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
槍殺 coeng1 saat3
shoot to death
之後 zi1 hau6
after
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
件 gin2
item
component
classifier for events, things, clothes etc
matter
letter
document
correspondence
大衣 daai6 ji1
overcoat
褸 leoi5
soiled
tattered
worn
ragged
lapel
collar
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
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