How to pronounce 八國聯軍 in Cantonese (3 out of 4):

因為你以為還是八國聯軍的年代

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
以為 yi5 wai2
thought
還是 waan4 si6
or
八國聯軍 baat3 gwok3 lyun4 gwan1
Eight-Nation Alliance
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
年代 nin4 doi6
era

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