How to pronounce 傳言 in Cantonese (5 out of 7):

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傳言請一次「鏡仙」 會折十年陽壽！
The legend says that one "Lens of Light" will cut ten years of life!

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

傳言 cyun4 jin4
rumor
請 zing6
(history) for the princes (or their representatives) to have an audience with the Emperor
一次 jat1 ci3
once
鏡 geng3
mirror
lens
glass
仙 sin1
immortal
a Taoist super-being
an enlightened person
a fairy
transcendent
divine
an immortal
cent
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
折 zit3
to break
to fracture
to snap
to suffer loss
to bend
to twist
to turn
to change direction
convinced
to convert into (currency)
discount
rebate
tenth (in price)
classifier for theatrical scenes
to fold
accounts book
a scene in a play
十年 sap6 nin4
ten years
陽壽 joeng4 sau6
natural lifespan

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