How to pronounce 廿三 in Cantonese (5 out of 8):

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因為逗留香港的人，不論國籍，都受廿三條約束，而且最高刑罰是終身監禁
Because 23 people, regardless of nationality, who stayed in Hong Kong were given promises and the maximum sentence was life imprisonment.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
逗留 dau6 lau4
stay
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
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
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
不論 bat1 leon6
no matter what
國籍 gwok3 zik6
nationality
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
受 sau6
to receive
to accept
to suffer
subjected to
to bear
to stand
pleasant
(passive marker)
to endure
to receive a prison sentence
廿三 jaa6 saam1
twenty-three
條約 tin4 joek3
treaty
束 sok3
bind
而且 ji4 ce2
moreover
最高 zeoi3 gou1
highest
刑罰 ying4 fat6
punishment
是 si6
is
終身監禁 zung1 san1 gaan1 gam3
life imprisonment
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