How to pronounce 八強 in Cantonese (2 out of 16):

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賽前，Djokovic 經過八強大戰Juan Martin Del Potro 已經用咗三個鐘嘅比賽時間，
Before the race, Djokovic had spent three hours in the race after the Battle of the Eighty-Four, and Juan Martin Del Potro had already won the race.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

賽 coi3
to compete
competition
match
to surpass
better than
superior to
to excel
contest
race
to be comparable to
to be a match for
an ancient sacrificing ceremony to gods
前 cin4
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
經過 ging1 gwo3
(verb) pass by
八強 baat3 koeng4
top eight
大戰 daai6 zin3
war
已經 ji5 ging1
already
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
三 saam3
multiple times; repeatedly
個鐘 go3 zung1
o'clock
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
比賽 bei2 coi3
competition
時間 si4 gaan3
time
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