How to pronounce 立足 in Cantonese (5 out of 6):

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他們在這裡立足了三十幾年的老字號漁行.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

他們 taa1 mun4
they
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
這裡 ze2 lei5
here
立足 laap6 zuk1
establish
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
三十幾 saam1 sap6 gei2
thirty-something
年 nin4
year
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
老字號 lou5 zi6 hou6
old brand name
漁 jyu4
fisherman
to fish
to seize
to acquire forcibly
fisheries
a surname
行 hong6
strong

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