How to pronounce 九州 in Cantonese (9 out of 25):

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足足是天下九分一大之土地, 因為當時天下分九州,
The footprint was about nine percent of the earth's land, because the sky divided Kyushu into nine parts.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

足足 zuk1 zuk1
fully
si6
is
天下 tin1 haa6
under heaven
gau2
1. nine 2. multiple times; repeatedly 3. (crude) shithead
fan6
fraction
extent of one's duty or rights
component
content
element
a portion
a share
exceptionally
status
capacity
excessive
jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
taai3
an alternative form for the word太, too
zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
土地 tou2 dei6
(noun) land
因為 jan1 wai6
due to
當時 dong1 si4
back then
九州 gau2 jau1
Kyushu
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