How to pronounce 首先 in Cantonese (85 out of 1836):

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首先呢已經準備咗一篇澳門啲街名嚟嘅
First, I've got a street name in Macau.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

首先 sau2 sin1
first of all
呢 ni1
this
已經 ji5 ging1
already
準備 zeon2 bei6
(verb) to get ready
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
篇 pin1
sheet
piece of writing
bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
classifier for written items: chapter, article
chapter
section
啲 dit1
only a little bit
街 gaai1
street
名 ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)

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