How to pronounce 砲 in Cantonese (4 out of 18):

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喺1622年 統治澳門嘅葡萄牙人喺呢度起咗砲台同燈塔
In 1622, the Portuguese who ruled Macau built a cannon and lighthouse here.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

喺 hai2
in
年 nin4
year
統治 tung2 zi6
to rule
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
葡萄牙人 po4 tou4 ngaa4 jan4
Portuguese person
呢度 ni1 dou6
(prep.) here.
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
砲 paau4
to barbecue
branding iron
台 toi4
variant of 臺
台tái [台]
platform
unit
terrace
tower
stage
support
base
station
channel
abbreviation for Taiwan
classifier for machinery
同 tung4
and
燈塔 dang1 taap3
lighthouse

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