How to pronounce 補選 in Cantonese (3 out of 5):

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最奇怪係,票站歷屆選舉只有約5000票，但今次補選達6000票
And the weirdest thing is, the polling stations only had about 5,000 votes, but this time, they had 6,000.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

最 zeoi3
most
the most
-est (superlative suffix)
exceedingly
extreme
奇怪 kei4 gwaai3
strange
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
票站 piu3 zaam6
ticket station
歷屆 lik6 gaai3
all previous sessions
years
選舉 syun2 gau3
election
只有 zi2 jau5
only
約 joek3
to make an appointment
to invite
approximately
pact
treaty
to economize
to restrict
to reduce (a fraction)
concise
treaty
agreement
convenant
appointment
engagement
to restrain
to restrict
to control
brief
simple
票 piu3
ticket
ballot
bank note M: 张zhāng [张]
person held for ransom
amateur performance of Chinese opera
classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
warrant
certificate
cheque
an official printed slip
the vote
a business deal
slip of paper or bamboo
invoice
stamp
但 daan6
but
今次 gam1 ci3
this time
補選 bou2 syun2
by-election
達 taat3
uninhibited
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