How to pronounce 慘淡 in Cantonese (4 out of 7):

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為甚麼中心城的生意會變得如此慘淡？

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
甚麼 sam6 mo1
what
中心 zung1 sam1
(noun) 1. mall; 2. plaza
城 sing4
city walls
city
town M: 座zuò [座]
道dào [道]
个gè [个]
municipality
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
生意 sang1 ji3
business
會變 wui5 bin3
will change
得 dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
如此 yu4 ci2
so
慘淡 caam2 daam6
bleak

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