How to pronounce 元年 in Cantonese (1 out of 3):

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建縣於三國東吳孫甘露元年(公元265年)
It was founded in 265 AD by Sun Geng-lu in eastern China.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

建 gin3
to establish
to found
to set up
to build
to construct
a lunar month
a surname
to overturn
縣 jyun2
county
district
prefecture
於 wu1
(literary) Oh!
Ah!
a tiger (dated term)
三國 saam1 gwok3
(noun) Three country
東吳 dung1 ng4
Eastern Wu
孫 syun1
grandson
descendant
a surname
the follower of one's follower in a triad gang
甘露 gam1 lou6
sweet dew
元年 jyun4 nin4
First Year
公元 gung1 jyun4
AD
年 nin4
year
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