How to pronounce 線 in Cantonese (152 out of 985):

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佢應該係住荃灣之後搭左荃灣線
He must have been in the Bay Area.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
應該 jing1 goi1
should
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
荃灣 cyun4 waan1
Tsuen Wan
之後 zi1 hau6
after
搭 daap3
to put up
to build (scaffolding)
to hang (clothes on a pole)
to connect
to join
to arrange in pairs
to match
to add
to throw in (resources)
to take (boat, train)
variant of 褡dā [褡]
to put over
左 zo2
left
the Left (politics)
east
unorthodox
queer
wrong
differing
opposite
variant of 佐zuǒ [佐]
clumsy
awkward
queer
odd
bigoted
to be demoted
a surname
used after a verb as a marker to show that the action has been completed
used after an adjective to show a change in a state
線 sin3
thread
string
wire
line M: 条tiáo [条]
股gǔ [股]
根gēn [根] ]
boundary
traffic route
political path
clue
an undercover agent
a ray of (hope), a quantifier
a territory
an area
the lower ranks
followers in a triad gang

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