How to pronounce 十三 in Cantonese (6 out of 37):

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當時周成王只有十三歲，剛剛建立的周王朝還未穩固
And Zhou was thirteen years old at that time, and the Zhou Dynasty was not yet established.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

當時 dong1 si4
back then
周成王 zau1 sing4 wong4
King Cheng of Zhou
只有 zi2 jau5
only
十三 sap6 saam1
thirteen
歲 seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
剛剛 gong1 gong1
just now
建立 gin3 laap6
establish
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
周王朝 zau1 wong4 ciu4
Zhou Dynasty
還未 waan4 mei6
not yet
穩固 wan2 gu3
stable
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