How to pronounce 三年 in Cantonese (62 out of 64):

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等咗三年終於有機會平手咁走
After three years of waiting, I finally got the chance to go.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

等 ting2
sort
kind
type
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
三年 saam1 nin4
three years
終於 zung1 jyu6
finally
有機會 yau5 gei1 wui6
have a chance
平手 ping4 sau2
draw
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
走 zau2
to walk
to go
to run
to move (of vehicle)
to visit
to leave
to go away
to die (euph.)
from
through
away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走chèzǒu [撤走])
to change (shape, form, meaning)
to escape
to run away
to make a trip
to leak out
to incur loss
one's humble self
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