How to pronounce 第 in Cantonese (99 out of 530):

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第5彈就係為今次最重要的活動
The fifth bullet is the most important event of the day.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
彈 taan4
to play (an instrument)
to strum
to impeach
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
今次 gam1 ci3
this time
最 zeoi3
most
the most
-est (superlative suffix)
exceedingly
extreme
重要的 trung6 jiu3 dik1
important
活動 wut6 dung6
(noun) event

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