How to pronounce 棟 in Cantonese (67 out of 138):

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首先寫咗打咗個棟先，留少少位做隻腳。

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

首先 sau2 sin1
first of all
寫 se2
to write
to sketch
to compose
to write out
to describe
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
打 ding2
to take the lead
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
棟 dung6
classifier for houses or buildings
ridgepole (old)
one thousand
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
留 lau4
to leave (a message etc)
to retain
to stay
to remain
to keep
to preserve
to halt
to stop
to detain
to study abroad
to grow
to bequeath
to set aside
to take in
to ask someone to stay
to pay attention to
to concentrate on
少少 siu2 siu2
a little; little bit
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
做 zou6
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
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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