How to pronounce 赤柱 in Cantonese (12 out of 14):

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餓底喺聖誕嘅時候去咗赤柱

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

ngo6
to be hungry
hungry
to be greedy for
dik1
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
hai2
in
聖誕 sing3 daan3
Christmas
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
時候 si4 hau6
time
heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
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
赤柱 cek3 cyu5
a place in Hong Kong called "Chek Chu"
"Stanley" (in English), where the Stanley Prison is located, hence people in Hong Kong often just use the words "Chek Chu" to refer to the prison

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