How to pronounce 起樓 in Cantonese (17 out of 20):

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有些人說倒閉了啦，拿塊地來起樓啦
Some people say that since it has gone bankrupt, they can use the land to build a building,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

有些人 jau5 se1 jan4
some people
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
倒閉 dou3 bai3
go bankrupt
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
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
拿 naa4
to hold
to seize
to catch
to apprehend
to take
(used in the same way as 把bǎ [把]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
to pick up
with
to arrest
to use
to be confirmed
there!
here!
look!
to give something the finger
塊 faai3
lump (of earth)
chunk
piece
classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
(coll.) classifier for money and currency units
gap
vagina
cunt
地 deng6
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
來 loi6
to greet and welcome guests
起樓 hei2 lau2
to build a house [colloquial]

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