How to pronounce 八成 in Cantonese (16 out of 28):

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但是去到科特迪瓦,街上有差不多八成的人都會講法文,證明他們已經受過教育
But in Côte d'Ivoire, almost 80% of people on the street speak French, proving that they've been educated.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但是 daan6 si6
but
去到 heoi3 dou3
reach
科特迪瓦 fo1 dak1 dai6 ngaa4
Ivory Coast
街上 gaai1 soeng6
on the street
jau6
also
again
差不多 caa1 bat1 do1
almost
八成 baat3 sing4
eighty percent
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
jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
講法 gong2 faat3
way of saying something; wording
man6
to cover up
to paint over
證明 zing3 ming4
prove
他們 taa1 mun4
they
已經 ji5 ging1
already
sau6
to receive
to accept
to suffer
subjected to
to bear
to stand
pleasant
(passive marker)
to endure
to receive a prison sentence
gwo3
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
教育 gaau3 juk6
education
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