How to pronounce 人命 in Cantonese (3 out of 13):

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但人命的代價亦不少
But it costs a lot of lives.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
人命 yan4 ming6
human life
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
代價 doi6 gaai3
price
亦 jik6
also
likewise
不少 bat1 siu2
a lot of

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