How to pronounce 公元 in Cantonese (13 out of 14):

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公元 1~3 世紀就已經開始使用棉布
Cotton was already in use in the 1st and 3rd centuries AD.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

wu1
(literary) Oh!
Ah!
a tiger (dated term)
公元 gung1 jyun4
AD
世紀 sai3 gei3
century
zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
已經 ji5 ging1
already
開始 hoi1 ci2
begin
使用 si2 jung6
use
棉布 min4 bou3
cotton fabric
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