How to pronounce 积 in Cantonese (5 out of 11):

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他的门面看上去比外语学院会大一点,不过按照面应该是大学城里面最小的一家了
His doorway looks a little bigger than a foreign language college, but it's probably the smallest in the university city by area.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

他的 taa1 dik1
his
mun4
door
min2
face
side
surface
aspect
top
classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
dimension
on one side
to face
superficial
personally
façade
extent
range
scale
scope
to meet
to confront
directly
one's face
respect
reputation
honour
看上去 hon3 soeng5 heoi3
looks like
have the appearance of
bei3
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
oi6
outside
in addition
foreign
external
informal
relatives of one's mother
sisters
daughters
abroad
part of the name of some of the roles in traditional Chinese opera
jyu5
language
hok6
learn
jyun6
courtyard
institution M: 个gè [个]
yard
court
college
hospital
designation for certain government offices and public places
will
can
大一 daai6 jat1
first year of university
dim2
o'clock
fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
go3
pass
按照 on3 ziu6
according to
zik1
accumulate
ying1
should
goi1
should
si6
is
taai3
an alternative form for the word太, too
sing4
city walls
city
town M: 座zuò [座]
道dào [道]
个gè [个]
municipality
lei5
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
zeoi3
most
the most
-est (superlative suffix)
exceedingly
extreme
小的 siu2 dik1
little
一家 jat1 gaa1
family
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
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