How to pronounce 存亡 in Cantonese (5 out of 5):

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畢業於西點軍校,在美國四年內戰期間為着自身存亡作戰,大部分時間處於防禦態勢

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

畢業 bei6 jip6
graduate
於 wu1
(literary) Oh!
Ah!
a tiger (dated term)
西點 sai1 dim2
West Point
軍校 gwan1 haau6
military academy
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
美國 mei5 gwok3
America
四年 sei3 nin4
four years
內戰 noi6 zin3
civil war
期間 kei4 gaan1
during
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
着 jyu3
ing
自身 zi6 san1
self
存亡 cyun4 mong4
life and death
作戰 zok3 zin3
combat
大部分 dai6 bou6 fan6
majority
時間 si4 gaan3
time
處於 cyu5 jyu1
in
防禦 fong4 jyu6
to defend; defense

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