How to pronounce 淡定 in Cantonese (1 out of 11):

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就係嚟到咗火車站去淡定呀兩年冇去過啦呢個地
I'm here to calm down, and I haven't been here in two years.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
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
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
火車站 fo2 ce1 zaam6
railway station
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
淡定 tam5 ding6
calm
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
年 nin4
year
冇 mo5
to not have (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]
去過 heoi3 gwo3
Have been to…
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
呢個 ni1 go3
this
地 deng6
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin

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