How to pronounce 壽命 in Cantonese (21 out of 27):

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在當時，人類的壽命比現在還要長。

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
當時 dong1 si4
back then
人類 jan4 leoi6
humanity
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
壽命 sau6 ming6
lifespan
比 bei3
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
現在 jin6 zoi6
now
還 waan4
still
still in progress
still more
yet
even more
in addition
fairly
passably (good)
as early as
even
also
else
besides
to return (to a place)
to give back
to repay
to return something
again
to revert to the original state
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
長 zoeng6
extraneous

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