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

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三條片加加埋埋寫咗三萬字嘅稿, 就係為咗令到大家可以喺我講呢套戲果陣
Three films added a 30,000-word manuscript to the story, so that everyone could tell me about it.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

三條 saam1 tiu4
three sticks or stripes of
pin3
thin piece
flake
a slice
to slice
to carve thin
partial
incomplete
one-sided
classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
used with numeral 一yī [一]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
to pare
KangXi radical number 91
加加埋埋 gaa1 gaa1 maai4 maai4
adding up all
se2
to write
to sketch
to compose
to write out
to describe
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
zi6
letter
symbol
character
word M: 个gè [个]
courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
to betroth a girl
wordage
calligraphy works
contract
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
稿 gou2
manuscript
draft
stalk of grain
to discuss
to engage in doing
article
piece of writing
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
為咗 wai4 zo2
(preposition) for; because of; in order to; for the purpose of; so as to; so that
令到 ling6 dou3
cause one to
大家 daai6 gaa1
everyone
可以 ho2 ji5
(adjective) so so
hai2
in
ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
gong2
(verb) to tell
ni1
this
tou3
cover
sheath
to encase
a case
to overlap
to interleave
bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
harness
classifier for sets, collections
tau (Greek letter Ττ)
glove
to cover with
convention
to copy
to base it on
a loop
a knot
to trick someone into taling
a trap
a trick
to slip over
to harness
to attempt to win over a friendship
favour
a condom
hei3
trick
drama
play
show M: 出chū [出]
场chǎng [场]
台tái [台]
to tease
to play a joke on
to play
a performance
an act
a bluff
gwo2
fruit
result
resolute
indeed
if really
full
a surname
nuts
berries
zan6
disposition of troops
wave
spate
burst
spell
short period of time
classifier for events or states of short duration
battle formation
battle front
spasmodically
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