How to pronounce 水門事件 in Cantonese (8 out of 17):

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水門事件是一宗1970年代初在美國發生的政治醜聞

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

水門事件 seoi2 mun4 si6 gin6
Watergate scandal
是 si6
is
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
宗 zung1
school
sect
purpose
model
ancestor
clan
to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)
classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
lineage
ancestry
great master
年代初 nin4 doi6 co1
early years
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
美國 mei5 gwok3
America
發生 faat3 saang1
happen
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
政治 zing3 zi6
politics
醜聞 cau2 man4
scandal

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