How to pronounce 铁 in Cantonese (139 out of 209):

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不过武汉地铁好多年前嘅事嚟噶啦
but the Wuhan subway happened many years ago.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
过 go3
pass
武 mou5
martial
military
a footstep
a surname
chivalrous
autocratic
powerful
soldier
trail
footprint
successor
a metal percussion instrument
unit of length equal to half a pace
the strings tie of a hat
dance
汉 hon4
man; Han Chinese
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
铁 tit3
iron
好多 hou2 do1
a lot
年前 nin4 cin4
years ago
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
事 si6
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
噶 got3
phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds)
Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha
(dialect) final particle similar to 了le [了] (esp. in Yunnan)
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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