How to pronounce 三代 in Cantonese (3 out of 46):

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我不是在說香港的移民第二、三代，其實身分也是會慢慢地失去
I'm not talking about the second or third generation of Hong Kong immigrants, but they're losing their identity.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
不是 bat1 si6
is not
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
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
移民 ji4 man4
immigrate
第二 dai6 ji6
second
三代 saam1 doi6
three generations
其實 kei4 sat6
actually
身分 san1 fan6
identity
也是 jaa5 si6
Also; too
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
慢慢 maan6 maan2
(verb) Take someone's time
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
失去 sat1 heoi3
lose

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