How to pronounce 西江 in Cantonese (5 out of 14):

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呢度就係起緊嘅一個西江明珠塔項目嘅工地
This is the site of a project tower in the Sungai.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

呢度 ni1 dou6
(prep.) here.
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
緊 gan2
tight
strict
close at hand
near
urgent
tense
hard up
short of money
to tighten
taut
firm
secure
tight (short of money)
placed afte a verb to indicate an ongoing
continuous
non-stopping action
fast
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
西江 sai1 gong1
Xijiang
明珠 ming4 zyu1
pearl
塔 taap3
pagoda
tower
minaret
stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo) M: 座zuò [座]
column
to lock up
to lock
to handcuff
a lock
項目 hang6 muk6
project
工地 gung1 dei6
construction site

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