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

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7個月之後佢就被 trade 咗去底特律活塞，換嚟 Tobias Harris

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

個月 go3 yut6
month
之後 zi1 hau6
after
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
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
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
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
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
底特律 dai2 dak6 leui6
Detroit
活塞 huo2 sai4
piston
換 wun6
to exchange
to change (clothes etc)
to substitute
to switch
to convert (currency)
to alter
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis

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