How to pronounce 土生土長 in Cantonese (1 out of 27):

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但作為在香港土生土長 生活了30多年的香港人
But as a native of Hong Kong, he lived in Hong Kong for over 30 years.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
作為 zok3 wai6
as
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
土生土長 tou2 saang1 tou2 coeng4
native to
生活 saang1 wut6
life
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
多年 do1 nin4
many years
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
香港人 hoeng1 gong2 jan4
Hong Kong people

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