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Star Ferry in Cantonese
How to say it
Star Ferry in Cantonese is 天星小輪, written tin1 sing1 siu2 leon4 in Jyutping.
tin1is tone 1, a high level tonesing1is tone 1, a high level tonesiu2is tone 2, a high rising toneleon4is tone 4, a low falling tone
The digits are tones, not stress. Change the number and you change the word, so they are worth learning as part of the syllable rather than as an afterthought.
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