How to pronounce 建 in Cantonese (186 out of 323):

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這座城建於400多年前的1597年
Construction of the castle began in 1597, over 400 years ago,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
座 zo2
seat
base
stand M: 个gè [个]
classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects
城 sing4
city walls
city
town M: 座zuò [座]
道dào [道]
个gè [个]
municipality
建 gin3
to establish
to found
to set up
to build
to construct
a lunar month
a surname
to overturn
於 wu1
(literary) Oh!
Ah!
a tiger (dated term)
多年 do1 nin4
many years
前 cin4
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
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
年 nin4
year

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