How to pronounce 玩意 in Cantonese (2 out of 32):

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碰巧有個哈佛教授想出了多元智能這玩意
And it just so happens that a Harvard professor came up with this idea of multi-intelligence.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

碰巧 pung3 hiu2
coincidentally
有 jau6
also
again
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
哈佛 haa1 fat1
Harvard
教授 gaau3 sau6
professor
想出 soeng2 ceot1
to think up
了 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
多元 do1 jyun4
multi-dimensional
智能 zi3 nang4
intelligence
smart
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
玩意 waan2 ji3
gadget

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