How to pronounce 建 in Cantonese (320 out of 323):

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因為當時殖民地政府 要在這裏建堆填區
Because the colonial government was going to build a landfill here

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
當時 dong1 si4
back then
殖民地 zik6 man4 dei2
colony
政府 zing3 fu2
government
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
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
這裏 ze5 leoi5
here
建 gin3
to establish
to found
to set up
to build
to construct
a lunar month
a surname
to overturn
堆填區 deoi1 tin4 keoi1
Landfill sites

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