How to pronounce 殖民地 in Cantonese (3 out of 72):

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但是我們也受了100年殖民地的沖洗
But we've also been washed away by 100 years of colonization.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但是 daan6 si6
but
我們 ngo5 mun4
we
jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
sau6
to receive
to accept
to suffer
subjected to
to bear
to stand
pleasant
(passive marker)
to endure
to receive a prison sentence
liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
nin4
year
殖民地 zik6 man4 dei2
colony
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
沖洗 cung1 sai2
rinse
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