How to pronounce 活 in Cantonese (80 out of 226):

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来到这里 我以为他们今年没有圣诞大餐这个活动举办了
I thought they were going to have a Christmas dinner this year.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

来 loi4
come
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
这 ze2
this
里 lei5
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
以 jyu5
to use
by means of
according to
in order to
because of
at (a certain date or place)
consider as
为 wai4
for
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
们 men2
plural suffix for pronouns
今年 gam1 nin4
this year
没 mou5
not
有 jau6
also
again
圣 sing3
holy
诞 daan6
birth
大餐 daai6 caan1
feast
个 go3
measure word
活 wut6
to live
alive
living
work
workmanship
to save the life of
to keep alive
vivid
lively
active
movable
flexible
handicraft work
manual labour
to exist
to survive
动 dung6
move
举 geoi2
lift
办 baan6
handle
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret

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