How to pronounce 牌坊 in Cantonese (8 out of 11):

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又来到了【高第街】了现在他的牌坊很高很漂亮
And then he came to the High Street, and now he's got a really nice, really high-end card shop.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
来 loi4
come
到了 dou3 le5
arrived
高 gou1
high
tall
above average
loud
your (honorific)
lofty
a high level or degree
superior
a surname
elevated
respectable
noble
expensive
old
supreme
high pitched
high quality
height
第 dai6
(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
order
(old) rank in the imperial examinations
mansion
(lit.) but
just
sequence
number
grade
degree
街 gaai1
street
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
现 jin6
appear
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
他的 taa1 dik1
his
牌坊 paai4 fong1
archway
很 han2
very
漂亮 piu3 loeng6
beautiful

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