How to pronounce 筒 in Cantonese (3 out of 50):

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前兩天我經過這裡看到轉燈筒關了燈
I was walking by two days ago and I saw the flashlight turned off.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

前 cin4
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
天 tin1
day
sky
heaven
natural
given by nature
god
season
weather
emperor
imperial
the most important thing in life
husband
celestial
above one's head
the cover of a coffin
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
經過 ging1 gwo3
(verb) pass by
這裡 ze2 lei5
here
看到 hon3 dou3
can see
轉 zyun3
to revolve
to rotate
to spin
燈 dang1
lamp
light
lantern M: 盏zhǎn [盏]
stock or share in a business venture
筒 tung4
tube
cylinder
to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
thick piece of bamboo
pipe
circle tiles in mahjong
關 gwaan1
mountain pass
to close
to shut
to turn off
to concern
to involve
a custom barrier
a check point
a mechanism
turning point
critical juncture
a wooden bolt for the door
a surname
to pick up or make money payments
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

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