How to pronounce 當地 in Cantonese (51 out of 312):

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準備到一位當地朋友家吃午餐 Getting ready for lunch at a local friend's house.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

準備 zeon2 bei6
(verb) to get ready
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
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
當地 dong1 dei6
local
朋友 pang4 jau5
friend
家 ze1
used as an expletive at the end of a sentence
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
午餐 ng5 caan1
lunch

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