How to pronounce 大英 in Cantonese (3 out of 3):

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之後「大英國」一詞因政治原因被英國人泛廣用，後來就慢慢演變成今天的「英國」

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

之後 zi1 hau6
after
大英 daai6 jing1
GREAT Britain
國 gwok3
country
nation
state
national M: 个gè [个]
Chinese
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
詞 ci4
word
statement
speech
lyrics M: 组zǔ [组]
个gè [个]
classical Chinese poem M: 首shǒu [首]
phrase
expression
因 jan1
cause
reason
because
on the basis of
as a result of
follow
政治 zing3 zi6
politics
原因 jyun4 jan1
reason
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
英國人 jing1 gwok3 jan4
English person
泛 fung3
an alternative form for 覂, to throw a rider
廣 gwong2
wide
numerous
to spread
Guangdong province
Guangzhou city
Canto-
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
後來 hau6 loi4
afterwards
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
慢慢 maan6 maan2
(verb) Take someone's time
演變 jin2 bin3
evolution
成 seng4
to succeed
to finish
to complete
to accomplish
to become
to turn into
to be all right
OK!
one tenth
success
to amount to
whole
full
almost
nearly
capable
a surname
to settle
今天 gam1 tin1
today
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
英國 jing1 gwok3
United Kingdom

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