How to pronounce 三萬 in Cantonese (3 out of 7):

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呢個研究用八年時間 追蹤咗三萬個美國成年人
This study followed 30,000 American adults for eight years.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

呢個 ni1 go3
this
研究 jin4 gau3
research
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
八年 baat3 nin4
eight years
時間 si4 gaan3
time
追蹤 zui1 zung1
follow
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
三萬 saam1 maan6
thirty thousand
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
美國 mei5 gwok3
America
成年人 sing4 nin4 jan4
adult
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