How to pronounce 慘案 in Cantonese (5 out of 6):

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沙田慘案引起華人極大的憤怒，港英政府交涉不果
The tragedy of Shadda caused outrage in China, and the British government was unable to intervene.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

沙田 saa1 tin4
Sha Tin
慘案 caam2 on3
tragedy
引起 jan5 hei2
cause
華人 waa4 jan4
Chinese people
極大 ngik6 daai6
extremely big
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
憤怒 faan5 nou5
angry
港英政府 gong2 jing1 zing3 fu2
Hong Kong British Government
交涉 gaau1 sip3
negotiate
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
果 gwo2
fruit
result
resolute
indeed
if really
full
a surname
nuts
berries
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