How to pronounce 棟 in Cantonese (26 out of 59):

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整個主教山的第一棟樓是在１８４８年開始

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

整個 zing2 go3
entire
主教山 zyu2 gaau3 saan1
Penha Hill
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
第一 dai6 jat1
first
棟 dung6
classifier for houses or buildings
ridgepole (old)
one thousand
樓 lau2
house with more than 1 story
storied building
floor M: 层céng [层]
座zuò [座]
栋dòng [栋]
flat
apartment
a surname
是 si6
is
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
年 nin4
year
開始 hoi1 ci2
begin
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