How to pronounce 建 in Cantonese (309 out of 323):

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自建兩層 這裡不起啦
Self-built two floors.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

自 zi6
from
self
oneself
since
private
personal
naturally
natural
since
建 gin3
to establish
to found
to set up
to build
to construct
a lunar month
a surname
to overturn
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
層 cang4
layer
stratum
laminated
floor (of a building)
storey
classifier for layers
repeated
sheaf (math.)
to overlap
這裡 ze2 lei5
here
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
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
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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