How to pronounce 四十 in Cantonese (19 out of 22):

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主流評論喺呢方面嘅思想喺 呢四十年嚟都好似無乜進步。
The mainstream commentary on this is that there seems to have been little progress in the last 40 years.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

主流 zyu2 lau4
mainstream
評論 ping4 leon4
comment
喺 hai2
in
呢 ni1
this
方面 fong1 min6
sector
angle; perspective
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
思想 si1 soeng6
thought
四十 sei3 sap6
forty
年 nin4
year
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
都 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
好似 hou2 ci5
(adjective) similar
無 mou4
not to have
no
none
not
to lack
un-
–less
without
乜 ne6
a surname
進步 zeon3 bou6
progress
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