How to pronounce 市長 in Cantonese (6 out of 11):

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紐約市市長不想讓他減太多稅
The mayor of New York City didn't want him to cut taxes too much.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

紐約市 nau2 jok3 si5
New York City
市長 si5 zoeng2
mayor
不想 bat1 soeng2
do not want to
joeng6
to yield
to permit
to let sb do sth
to have sb do sth
to make sb (feel sad etc)
to allow
to concede
to convey
to transfer
to make way
to step aside
by
to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
gaam2
reduce
taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
tyut3
an alternative form for 脫,to strip
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