How to pronounce 九七年 in Cantonese (8 out of 11):

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九七年出咗呢個八字，一九九九年先正式上運

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

九七年 gau2 cat1 nin4
year 1997
出 ceot1
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
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
呢個 ni1 go3
this
八字 baat3 zi6
eight characters (of a birthdate)
一九 jat1 gau2
nineteen
九 gau2
1. nine 2. multiple times; repeatedly 3. (crude) shithead
年 nin4
year
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
正式 zeng3 sik1
official
上 soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
運 wan6
to move
to transport
to use
to apply
fortune
luck
fate
to ship
to utilise

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