How to pronounce 八千 in Cantonese (2 out of 10):

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已經有二億八千萬年嘅歷史㗎啦
It's 280 million years old.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

已經 ji5 ging1
already
有 jau6
also
again
二 ji6
two
(Beijing dialect) stupid
twice
second
vice-
once more
again
double
different
億 jik1
100 million
many
八千 baat3 cin1
eight thousand
萬年 maan6 nin4
ten thousand years
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
歷史 lik6 si2
history
㗎 gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
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