How to pronounce 水門 in Cantonese (3 out of 9):

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在1972年尼克遜競選連任期，有一夥人被發現潛入位於華盛頓水門辦公大樓
During Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign, a group of individuals were caught breaking into the

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
年 nin4
year
尼克 nei4 hak1
Nixon
遜 seon3
to abdicate
modest
yielding
unpretentious
inferior to
(slang) to suck
humble
modest
to yield
競選 ging6 syun2
(noun) 1. Campaign; 2. Competition
連任 lin4 jam6
reelection
期 kei4
period
有 jau6
also
again
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
夥 fo2
companion
partner
group
classifier for groups of people
to combine
together
numerous
assistant
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
發現 faat3 jyun6
discover
潛入 cim4 jap6
sneak into
位於 wai6 jyu1
located at
華盛頓 wa4 sing6 deon1
Washington
水門 seoi2 mun4
a floodgate; a sluice gate

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