How to pronounce 家眷 in Cantonese (3 out of 4):

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鄭成功嚟到台灣之後，先帶住二萬五千個士兵登島， 然後又帶埋啲士兵嘅家眷大約五千人嚟到台灣。

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

鄭成功 zeng6 sing4 gung1
Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga)
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
台灣 toi4 waan1
Taiwan
之後 zi1 hau6
after
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
帶住 dai3 zyu6
carrying on
二萬 ji6 maan6
twenty thousand
五千 ng5 cin1
five thousand
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
士兵 si6 bing1
soldier
登 dang1
to scale (a height)
to ascend
to mount
to publish or record
to enter (e.g. in a register)
to press down with the foot
to step or tread on
to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)
to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
to board
to climb
toi harvest
島 dou2
island
然後 jin4 hau6
then
又帶 yau6 dai3
also brings
埋 maai4
to bury
to conceal
to hide
to settle (an account)
to close out
to finish up
to move closer to
closer together
as well
啲 dit1
only a little bit
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
家眷 gaa1 gyun3
family members
大約 daai6 joek3
(adverb) About
人嚟 jan4 lai4
summoning one to come and serve

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