How to pronounce 淡水 in Cantonese (5 out of 20):

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當時唐景崧對台灣兵力嘅部署，將重兵集中 喺佢自己所在嘅台北附近嘅基隆淡水一帶同埋澎湖。

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

當時 dong1 si4
back then
唐 tong4
to exaggerate
empty
in vain
old variant of 螗táng [螗]
Chinese
the tang dynasty
a surname
a kind of plum
abrupt
rude
景 jing2
an alternative form for 影, shadow
崧 sung1
lofty
對 deoi3
right
correct
couple
pair
towards
at
for
to face
opposite
to treat (sb a certain way)
to match together
to adjust
to fit
to suit
to answer
to reply
classifier: couple
pair
to compare
to check
to adjust
台灣 toi4 waan1
Taiwan
兵力 bing1 lik6
troop strength
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
部署 bou6 cyu5
deployment
將 zoeng3
a military commander
a general officer
to command
集中 zap1 zung1
concentrate
喺 hai2
in
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
所在 so2 zoi6
(adverb) Where an organization or office etc. located at
台北 toi4 bak1
Taipei
附近 fu6 gan6
nearby
基隆 gei1 lung4
Keelung
淡水 taam5 seoi2
(place of Taiwan) 1. Tamsui which is a district in New Taipei City; (place in China) Danshui which is a city in Guangdong, China
一帶 jat1 daai3
region
同埋 tung4 maai4
and; together with
澎湖 pang4 wu4
Penghu

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