How to pronounce 紐約市 in Cantonese (3 out of 11):

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1950年間,他在紐約市布魯克林區的半島
In 1950, he lived on a peninsula in Brooklyn, New York City.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

年間 nin4 gaan1
years
to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
紐約市 nau2 jok3 si5
New York City
布魯克林 bou3 lou5 hok6 lam4
Brooklyn
keoi1
area
region
district
small
distinguish M: 个gè [个]
precinct
to classify
to subdivide
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
半島 bun3 dou2
(noun) Usually refers to the Peninsula Hotel in Tsimshatsui Hong Kong
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