How to pronounce 國人 in Cantonese (3 out of 12):

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國人主要從事手工業和商業，但他們也同樣受到奴隸制度的剝削
The people were mainly handmade and traded, but they were also exploited by slavery.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

國人 gwok3 jan4
national
主要 zyu2 jiu3
mainly
從事 cung4 si6
(verb) (of career) Work as (a teacher, clerk, etc.)
手工業 sau2 gung1 jip6
handicraft industry
和 wo4
and
商業 soeng1 jip6
business
但 daan6
but
他們 taa1 mun4
they
也 jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
同樣 tung4 joeng6
similarly
受到 sau6 dou3
receive
奴隸制度 nou4 loi4 zai3 dou6
slavery system
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
剝削 mok1 sau3
exploit
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