How to pronounce 鄉紳 in Cantonese (5 out of 5):

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元朗那些穿白色衣服的鄉紳父老好多丁屋地嘛

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

元朗 jyun4 long5
Yuen Long
那些 naa5 go2
those
穿 cyun1
to bore through
to pierce
to perforate
to penetrate
to pass through
to dress
to wear
to put on
to thread
to drill
through
damaged with a hole or holes
白色 baak6 sik1
white
衣服 yi1 fuk6
clothes
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
鄉紳 hoeng1 san3
local gentry
好多 hou2 do1
a lot
丁屋 ding1 uk1
Houses owned by indigenous male villagers in Hong Kong
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
嘛 maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'

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