How to pronounce 三年 in Cantonese (88 out of 198):

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我已經當了三年半的英語和中文老師
So I have been an English and Chinese teacher for about 3 and a half years now

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
已經 ji5 ging1
already
當 dong3
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
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
半 bun3
half
semi-
incomplete
(after a number) and a half
in the middle
partly
very little
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
英語 jing1 jyu5
English
和 wo4
and
中文 zung1 man4
Chinese language
老師 lou5 si1
teacher

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