How to pronounce 棟 in Cantonese (109 out of 138):

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第一個直接棟起佢隻腳

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

第一個 dai6 jat1 go3
(adjective) The first one
直接 zik6 zip3
direct
棟 dung6
classifier for houses or buildings
ridgepole (old)
one thousand
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
腳 gok3
role to play a character in a play
show
movie etc

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