How to pronounce 前兩年 in Cantonese (4 out of 5):

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前兩年 大師兄的其中兩位拍檔要退休
Two years ago, two of the eldest brother's partners were going to retire.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

前兩年 cin4 leung5 nin4
the past two years
大師 daai6 si1
master
兄 hing1
elder brother
a respectful way for men to address each other
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
其中 kei4 zung1
amongst
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
拍檔 pak3 dong3
partner
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
退休 teoi3 jau1
retire

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