How to pronounce 投 in Cantonese (71 out of 195):

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咁點解呢一千人會八成投民自黨呢？
So why would 80 percent of those 1,000 people vote for the party?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
點解 dim2 gaai2
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
呢 ni1
this
一千 jat1 cin1
one thousand
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
八成 baat3 sing4
eighty percent
投 tau4
to cast
to send
to throw oneself (into the river etc)
to seek refuge
to place oneself into the hands of
to join
to put in
to agree with
to drop
to jump
民 man4
the people
nationality
citizen
folk
subjects
someone in a certain occupataion, such as farmer, fisherman
自 zi6
from
self
oneself
since
private
personal
naturally
natural
since
黨 tong2
alternative form for 儻, if
alternative form for 讜, counsel

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