How to pronounce 棟 in Cantonese (96 out of 138):

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剛才你說 這棟大廈發生的命案是很多的
You just said that there are many homicides in this building.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

剛才 gong1 coi2
just now
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
棟 dung6
classifier for houses or buildings
ridgepole (old)
one thousand
大廈 daai6 haa6
(noun) building
發生 faat3 saang1
happen
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
是 si6
is
很多 han2 do1
noun; a lot of

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