How to pronounce 生效 in Cantonese (5 out of 6):

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清廷已經無理過台灣人點諗， 就直接批准咗《馬關條約》正式生效。

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

清廷 cing1 ting4
Qing court
已經 ji5 ging1
already
無理 mou4 lei5
unreasonable
過 gwo3
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
台灣 toi4 waan1
Taiwan
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
點 dim2
point
dot
drop
speck
o'clock
point (in space or time)
to draw a dot
to check on a list
to choose
to order (food in a restaurant)
to touch briefly
to hint
to light
to ignite
to pour a liquid drop by drop
(old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更gēng [更]
dot stroke in Chinese characters
classifier for items
a spot
degree
a blot
light refreshment
to mark off
to inspect
how?
to instruct
to advise (especially in 'to mislead')
to cheat
諗 sam2
to know
to reprimand
to urge
to long for
to tell
to inform
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
直接 zik6 zip3
direct
批准 pei1 zeon2
to approve
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
馬關條約 maa5 gwaan1 tiu4 joek3
Treaty of Shimonoseki
正式 zeng3 sik1
official
生效 saang1 hau6
take effect
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