How to pronounce 岛 in Cantonese (29 out of 49):

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广州塔是在岛东面，所以岛上是能够看到广州塔的，晚上来就更漂亮了

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

广 shop
broad
州 zau1
prefecture
(old) province
(old) administrative division
state (e.g. of US)
oblast (Russia)
canton (Switzerland)
continent
to settle in a place
place surrounded by water
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
是 si6
is
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
岛 dou2
island
东 dung1
east
面 min2
face
side
surface
aspect
top
classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
dimension
on one side
to face
superficial
personally
façade
extent
range
scale
scope
to meet
to confront
directly
one's face
respect
reputation
honour
所以 so2 ji5
hence
上 soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
能 toi4
name of a constellation
够 gau3
enough
看到 hon3 dou3
can see
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
晚上 maan5 soeng6
(adverb) at night
来 loi4
come
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
更 gang3
more
even more
further
still
still more
漂亮 piu3 loeng6
beautiful
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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