How to pronounce 岛 in Cantonese (22 out of 49):

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顾名思义二沙岛是珠江上面的一个岛

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

顾 guk6
consider
名 ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
思 soi1
long and thick beard
mustache
义 ji6
righteousness
二 ji6
two
(Beijing dialect) stupid
twice
second
vice-
once more
again
double
different
沙 saa1
granule
hoarse
raspy
sand
powder M: 粒lì [粒]
abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
a surname
岛 dou2
island
是 si6
is
珠江 zyu1 gong1
Pearl River
上面 soeng6 min6
(noun) Up stair; (figurative - old) 1. China
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
一个 jat1 go3
One;a
an

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