How to pronounce 紐約 in Cantonese (15 out of 63):

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說：現在我用一億來買紐約中央車站附近一間破舊的酒店
He said, "I'm going to spend $100 million to buy a broken hotel near New York Central Station.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
現在 jin6 zoi6
now
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
一億 jat1 jik1
One hundred million
來 loi6
to greet and welcome guests
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
紐約 niu2 joek3
New York
中央 zung1 joeng1
central
車站 ce1 zaam6
station
附近 fu6 gan6
nearby
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
間 haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle
破舊 po3 gau6
Old and worn
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
酒店 zau2 dim3
hotel

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