How to pronounce 深水埗 in Cantonese (5 out of 15):

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鈴木之前在深水埗唐樓劏房住了一年
Suzuki had lived in a deep-water, submerged apartment building for a year.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

鈴木 ling4 muk6
Suzuki
之前 zi1 cin4
before
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
深水埗 sam1 seoi2 bou3
Sham Shui Po
唐樓 tong4 lau4
Tong Lau
劏房 tong1 fong4
subdivided units
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
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
一年 jat1 nin4
One year
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