How to pronounce 海峽 in Cantonese (5 out of 8):

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咁自此之後，葡萄牙船隻就 陸陸續續從澳門經過台灣海峽前往日本，
Since then, Portuguese ships have been continuously sailing from Macau to Japan, passing through Taiwan's coastline.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
自此 zi6 ci2
from now on
之後 zi1 hau6
after
葡萄牙 pou4 tou4 ngaa4
Portugal
船隻 syun4 zak1
ship
vessel
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
陸陸續續 luk6 luk6 zuk6 zuk6
continuously
從 zung6
paternal cousins
part of an official title for subordinates or lower rank officials in ancient times
經過 ging1 gwo3
(verb) pass by
台灣 toi4 waan1
Taiwan
海峽 hoi2 haap3
strait
sea
前往 cin4 wong5
go to
日本 jat6 bun2
Japan
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