How to pronounce 的士 in Cantonese (99 out of 105):

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的士哥哥說這裏開了很久
The taxi brother said that it has been open for a long time.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

的士 dik1 si6
taxi
哥哥 go1 go1
(celebrity) The nickname of Leslie Cheung who was a singer, actor and film producer in Hong Kong
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
這裏 ze5 leoi5
here
開 hoi1
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect
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
很 han2
very
久 gau2
(long) time
(long) duration of time
old

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