How to pronounce 三十 in Cantonese (46 out of 241):

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Rupert 行年三十四歲， 都重住喺新澤西佢阿媽屋企地庫，
Rupert, 34, is back in his mother's vault in New Jersey.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

行年 haang4 nin4
age
三十 sam1 sap6
thirty
四 sei3
(slang) labourer
歲 seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
重 zung6
to attach importance to
important
significant
solemn
discreet
furthermore
still
even
also
valuable
in addition
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
喺 hai2
in
新澤西 san1 zaak6 sai1
New Jersey
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
阿媽 aa3 maa1
mum
屋企 uk1 kei5
home
地庫 dei6 fu3
an underground storage; the basement

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