How to pronounce 兩萬 in Cantonese (6 out of 11):

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那邊這麼小的一個國家也有兩萬個香港人,當然有一些歷史的原因
And in a small country like this, there are 20,000 Hong Kongers, and of course, there's a reason for that.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

那邊 naa5 bin1
over there
這麼 ze2 mo1
so
小的 siu2 dik1
little
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
國家 gwok3 gaa1
country
jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
jau6
also
again
兩萬 loeng5 maan6
twenty thousand
go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
香港人 hoeng1 gong2 jan4
Hong Kong people
當然 dong1 jin4
(adverb) absolutely
有一些 jau5 jat1 se1
some
歷史 lik6 si2
history
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
原因 jyun4 jan1
reason
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