How to pronounce 約翰 in Cantonese (13 out of 20):

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約翰甘迺迪成為美國史上第四位遇刺身亡嘅總統
John G. Kennedy became the fourth president in U.S. history to be assassinated.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

約翰 joek3 hon6
John
甘 gam1
sweet
willing
a surname
to be fond of
pleasantly
sweetness
tasty
big trouble
heavily
badly
seriously
迺 naai5
then
迪 dik6
to enlighten
to advance
to progress
to guide
成為 sing4 wai2
become
美國 mei5 gwok3
America
史上 si2 soeng5
in history
第四 dai6 sei3
the fourth
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
遇刺身亡 yu6 ci3 san1 mong4
assassinated and killed
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
總統 zung2 tung4
president

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