How to pronounce 敦 in Cantonese (1 out of 8):

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但其實我們平時寫是火字邊 隔壁是彌敦道的敦字
But we used to write "fire" next to "ton" on the Denton Road.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
其實 kei4 sat6
actually
我們 ngo5 mun4
we
平時 ping4 si4
(noun) spare time
寫 se2
to write
to sketch
to compose
to write out
to describe
是 si6
is
火 fo2
fire
urgent
ammunition
fiery or flaming
internal heat (Chinese medicine)
hot (popular)
classifier for military units (old)
flame
to burn
anger
rage
a group of (people), a quantifier
KangXi radical 86
ammunition
red
a surname
wild
bad-tempered
crazy
字邊 zi6 bin1
radical
隔壁 gaak3 bik1
next door
彌敦道 nei4 deon1 dou6
noun; Nathan Road, a major road that runs north-south through heart of Kowloon, Hong Kong
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
敦 tyun4
clustering
字 zi6
letter
symbol
character
word M: 个gè [个]
courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
to betroth a girl
wordage
calligraphy works
contract

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