How to pronounce 高鐵 in Cantonese (6 out of 140):

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搭高鐵和巴士三個多鐘終於來到我鄉下親戚家裡了
I finally arrived at my hometown, at my relatives' house, after more than three hours of train and bus travel.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

搭 daap3
to put up
to build (scaffolding)
to hang (clothes on a pole)
to connect
to join
to arrange in pairs
to match
to add
to throw in (resources)
to take (boat, train)
variant of 褡dā [褡]
to put over
高鐵 gou1 tit3
high-speed rail
和 wo4
and
巴士 baa1 si2
bus
三 saam3
multiple times; repeatedly
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
鐘 zung1
clock
o'clock
time as measured in hours and minutes
bell M: 架jià [架]
座zuò [座]
hour
the time time of a prostitute paid for by a client
終於 zung1 jyu6
finally
來到 loi4 dou3
have come to
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
鄉下 hoeng1 haa6
(noun) hometown
親戚 can1 cik1
relative
家 ze1
used as an expletive at the end of a sentence
裡 leoi5
lining
interior
inside
internal
within
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

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