How to pronounce 第 in Cantonese (30 out of 530):

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但我就發現我的單號只是今天的第52張單而已
But I realized that my number was only number 52 today.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
發現 faat3 jyun6
discover
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
單號 daan1 hou6
order number
只是 zi2 si6
just
今天 gam1 tin1
today
第 dai6
(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
order
(old) rank in the imperial examinations
mansion
(lit.) but
just
sequence
number
grade
degree
張 zoeng3
an alternative form for the word帳, tent
an alternative form for the word脹, swell
單 sin6
a surname
the name of a place
而已 ji4 ji5
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