How to pronounce 東南 in Cantonese (5 out of 7):

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今年的五黃位在東南， 10月的時候流月的五黄位又在東南

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

今年 gam1 nin4
this year
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
五 ng5
five
a surname
multifarious
黃 wong4
yellow
pornographic
prostitution
vice
to fall through
a surname
abbreviation for personal and place names
the 'yellow' race
withered
KangXi radical 201
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
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
東南 dung1 naam4
southeast
月 jyut6
moon
month
monthly M: 个gè [个]
轮lún [轮]
KangXi radical 74
a surname
moon-shaped
luna
a woman's confinement month after child birth
時候 si4 hau6
time
流 lau4
to flow
to disseminate
to circulate or spread
to move or drift
to degenerate
to banish or send into exile
stream of water or sth resembling one
class, rate or grade
fake
false
inferior
unreal
without status
influence
name of a triad poem used as a way to identify someone as a triad member
黄 wong4
yellow
又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition

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