How to pronounce 聖堂 in Cantonese (2 out of 3):

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呢件事史稱「明洞聖堂事件」。 喺呢件事之後，反對派人士就成立咗一個叫做

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

呢 ni1
this
件 gin2
item
component
classifier for events, things, clothes etc
matter
letter
document
correspondence
事 si6
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
史稱 si2 cing1
history says
明 ming4
bright
opposite: dark 暗àn [暗]
(of meaning) clear
to understand
next
public or open
wise
generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
light
brilliant
clear-sighted
eye sight
the next (day
year)
the ming dynasty
a surname
洞 tung4
boundless
聖堂 sing3 tong4
church; Confucian temple
事件 sin6 gin6
incident
喺 hai2
in
之後 zi1 hau6
after
反對派 faan2 deoi3 paai3
opposition
人士 jan4 si6
(noun) (A formal word of) folks
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
成立 sing4 laap6
establish
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
叫做 giu3 zou6
called

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