How to pronounce 九七年 in Cantonese (5 out of 11):

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或者撕毀這一份協議，在九七年前之前回收香港
Or tear up this agreement and recycle it to Hong Kong before 1997

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

或者 waak6 ze2
or
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
一份 jat1 fan6
[measure word] a portion
協議 hip3 ji5
agreement
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
九七年 gau2 cat1 nin4
year 1997
前 cin4
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
之前 zi1 cin4
before
回收 wui4 sau1
recycle
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong

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