How to pronounce 美利堅 in Cantonese (4 out of 6):

你沒聽錯,不是美利堅合眾國,是聯盟國 the Confederate States of America, CSA

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
mei6
(negative prefix for verbs)
have not
not
to be inferior to
to sink
to submerge
to rise beyond
to confiscate
to disappear
to come to an end
聽錯 teng1 co3
heard wrong
不是 bat1 si6
is not
美利堅 mei5 lei6 gin1
America
ho4
a note on ancient Chinese musical scale
zung3
many
numerous
crowd
multitude
masses
people
gwok3
country
nation
state
national M: 个gè [个]
Chinese
si6
is
聯盟 lyun4 mang4
league

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