How to pronounce 公元 in Cantonese (23 out of 33):

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第八是公元750年由西亞到北非的阿拔斯帝國
Eighth is the Abbasid Empire from West Asia to North Africa in 750 AD.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

第八 dai6 baat3
the eighth
是 si6
is
公元 gung1 jyun4
AD
年 nin4
year
由 jau4
to follow
from
it is for...to
reason
cause
because of
due to
to
to leave it (to sb)
by (introduces passive verb)
up to
through
a surname
西亞 sai1 ngaa4
West Asia
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
北非 bak1 fai1
North Africa
的 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
阿 ngo1
to curry favour with
to flatter
to pander to
拔 bat6
to pull up
to pull out
to draw out by suction
to select
to pick
to stand out (above level)
to surpass
to seize
to root out
wavering
斯 si1
(phonetic)
this
a surname
then
帝國 dai3 gwok3
empire

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