How to pronounce 第九 in Cantonese (10 out of 22):

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第九是阿拔斯帝國的前身，公元720年的伍麥亞王朝
Ninth is the predecessor of the Abbasid Empire, the Umayyad Dynasty in 720 AD.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

第九 dai6 gau2
(adjective) the ninth; to describe one's ability as poor; (of person) useless
是 si6
is
阿 ngo1
to curry favour with
to flatter
to pander to
拔 bat6
to pull up
to pull out
to draw out by suction
to select
to pick
to stand out (above level)
to surpass
to seize
to root out
wavering
斯 si1
(phonetic)
this
a surname
then
帝國 dai3 gwok3
empire
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
前身 cin4 san1
predecessor
公元 gung1 jyun4
AD
年 nin4
year
伍 ng5
squad of five soldiers
to associate with
five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
troops
a surname
麥 mak6
wheat
barley
oats
rye
a surname
亞 ngaa3
Asia
Asian
second
next to
inferior
sub-
Taiwan pr. [yǎ]
used as a prefix to names
王朝 wong4 ciu4
dynasty

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