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

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咁啲新移民就開始向「赤崁」進發， Tai-Oan 呢個名亦都隨之而擴大，
And the new immigrants started to move to the Red Chicken, and the name Tai-Oan spread with it.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
啲 dit1
only a little bit
新移民 san1 ji4 man4
new immigrants
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
開始 hoi1 ci2
begin
向 hoeng3
towards
赤 cik3
red
scarlet
bare
naked
communistic
sincere
candid
aching
painful
hurtful
freezing
icy cold
崁 aam3
embed
進發 jin3 faat3
advance to
呢個 ni1 go3
this
名 ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
亦都 jik6 dou1
also
隨之 ceoi4 zi1
thereupon
而 nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
擴大 kong3 daai6
to extend
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