How to pronounce 文明 in Cantonese (17 out of 77):

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佢五歲開始已經開始同呢個外星文明保持咗接觸㗎喇
He's been in contact with this alien civilization since he was five years old.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
五 ng5
five
a surname
multifarious
歲 seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
開始 hoi1 ci2
begin
已經 ji5 ging1
already
同 tung4
and
呢個 ni1 go3
this
外星 ngoi6 sing1
extraterrestrial
文明 man4 ming4
civilization
保持 bou2 ci4
maintain
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
接觸 zip3 zuk1
contact; interaction
㗎 gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
喇 laa3
trumpet
loudspeaker'

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