How to pronounce 臺灣 in Cantonese (2 out of 7):

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好似臺灣嘅阿美族咁。 阿美族嘅男人結婚之後要搬去老婆屋企住，
It's like the American people in Taiwan, and American men get married and move in with their wives.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

好似 hou2 ci5
(adjective) similar
臺灣 toi4 waan1
Taiwan
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
阿美族 aa3 mei5 zuk6
Amis people
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
男人 naam4 jan4
man
結婚 git3 fan1
get married
之後 zi1 hau6
after
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
搬去 boon3 heoi3
move to
老婆 lou5 po4
wife
屋企 uk1 kei5
home
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
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