How to pronounce 建 in Cantonese (232 out of 323):

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周圍都在建新樓
everywhere are building new buildings

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

周圍 zau1 wai4
surroundings
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
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
建 gin3
to establish
to found
to set up
to build
to construct
a lunar month
a surname
to overturn
新 san1
new
newly
meso- (chemistry)
beginning
recent
modern
neo-
the Hsin dynasty
a surname
樓 lau2
house with more than 1 story
storied building
floor M: 层céng [层]
座zuò [座]
栋dòng [栋]
flat
apartment
a surname

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