How to pronounce 縮減 in Cantonese (6 out of 7):

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短短幾年之間，把掌權的官員有200多人縮減到50人
within just a few years, the number of officials in power was reduced from over 200 to 50.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

短短 dyun2 dyun2
short
幾 gei2
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
年 nin4
year
之間 zi1 gaan1
between
把 baa3
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
掌權 zoeng2 kyun4
having power
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
官員 gun1 jyun4
official
有 jau6
also
again
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
縮減 suk1 zaam2
reduction
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent

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