How to pronounce 當局 in Cantonese (5 out of 15):

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海地當局逮捕咗 10 名美國浸信會傳教士
The Haitian authorities arrested 10 American Baptist ministers.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

海地 hoi2 dei6
Haiti
當局 dong1 guk6
(noun) 1. Current government; 2. Specific department of a current government
逮捕 dou3 bou6
arrest
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
ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
美國 mei5 gwok3
America
浸信會 jam3 seon3 wui6
Baptist Church
傳教士 cyun4 gaau3 si6
missionary
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