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

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檢察當局於1869年放棄提訴。他於1889年十月完成《美利堅聯盟國短促的歷史》一書

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

檢察 gim2 caat3
(noun) Prosecution
當局 dong1 guk6
(noun) 1. Current government; 2. Specific department of a current government
於 wu1
(literary) Oh!
Ah!
a tiger (dated term)
年 nin4
year
放棄 fong3 hei3
to quit
提 tai4 /dai3
to carry (hanging down from the hand)
to lift
to put forward
to mention
to raise (an issue)
upwards character stroke
lifting brush stroke (in painting)
scoop for measuring liquid
to extract
to summon a prisoner for interrogation
to guard against
訴 sou3
to complain
to sue
to tell
to accuse
to inform
to narrate
to pour out
他 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
十月 sap6 jyut6
October
完成 jyun4 sung4
complete
美利堅 mei5 lei6 gin1
America
聯盟 lyun4 mang4
league
國 gwok3
country
nation
state
national M: 个gè [个]
Chinese
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
歷史 lik6 si2
history
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
書 syu1
a book
a letter
a document M: 本běn [本]
册cè [册]
部bù [部]
to write
a certificate
a script
a style of calligraphy
storyteller
book of history
to document

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