How to pronounce 通用 in Cantonese (6 out of 6):

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嚟自台灣原住民高山族人改嘅名, 但點解「台灣」呢個名又會喺各地通用
It's a name that comes from the indigenous people of the highlands, but why is it so common?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

嚟自 lei4 zi6
come from
台灣 toi4 waan1
Taiwan
原住民 jyun4 zyu6 man4
indigenous people
高山族 gou1 saan1 zuk6
Taiwanese aboriginal tribe
jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
goi2
to change
to alter
to transform
to correct
another
to improve
to remodel
to turn to
a surname
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
daan6
but
點解 dim2 gaai2
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
呢個 ni1 go3
this
jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
hai2
in
各地 gok3 dei6
everywhere
通用 tung1 jung6
(adjective) 1. Commonly used; 2. Compatible
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