How to pronounce 廈 in Cantonese (24 out of 27):

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廈灣拿港嘅呢條隧道，係50年代一間法國公司起嘅

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

廈 haa6
tall building
mansion
rear annex
lean-to
also pr. [xià]
part of a place name
灣 waan4
bay
gulf
to cast anchor
to moor (a boat)
the bend of stream
nine (a triad jargon)
拿 naa4
to hold
to seize
to catch
to apprehend
to take
(used in the same way as 把bǎ [把]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
to pick up
with
to arrest
to use
to be confirmed
there!
here!
look!
to give something the finger
港 gong2
harbor
port M: 个gè [个]
small stream
bay
abbreviation for Hong Kong
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
呢 ni1
this
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
隧道 seoi6 dou6
tunnel
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
年代 nin4 doi6
era
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
間 haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle
法國 faat3 gwok3
France
公司 gung1 si1
(noun) 1. shops; 2. shopping
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover

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