How to pronounce 過年 in Cantonese (73 out of 87):

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話說過年我在金中環酒店公寓住了三日

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

話說 waa6 syut3
as they say
過年 gwo3 nin4
celebrate the new year
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
金 gam1
gold
chemical element Au
generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
money
golden
highly respected
one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音bāyīn [八音]
wealth
weapons
precious
excellent
durable
name of a dynasty
a surname
KangXi radical 167
a match
light
flame
中環 zung1 waan4
Central
酒店 zau2 dim3
hotel
公寓 gung1 jyu6
apartment
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
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
三日 saam1 jat6
three days, third [date]

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