How to pronounce 三年 in Cantonese (64 out of 198):

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但這件事已經說了三年
But that's been going on for three years.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
件 gin2
item
component
classifier for events, things, clothes etc
matter
letter
document
correspondence
事 si6
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
已經 ji5 ging1
already
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
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
三年 saam1 nin4
three years

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