How to pronounce 搭的士 in Cantonese (20 out of 24):

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搭的士搭了大半個小時
we took the taxi for about half an hour

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

搭的士 daap3 dik1 si2
to take a taxi
搭 daap3
to put up
to build (scaffolding)
to hang (clothes on a pole)
to connect
to join
to arrange in pairs
to match
to add
to throw in (resources)
to take (boat, train)
variant of 褡dā [褡]
to put over
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
大半 daai6 bun3
majority
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
小時 siu2 si4
(noun) childhood

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