How to pronounce 西亞 in Cantonese (8 out of 10):

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因為我在西班牙華倫西亞住了一年
I lived in Valencia, Spain, for a year.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
西班牙 sai1 baan1 ngaa4
Spain
華 waa6
a surname
the name of a mountain
倫 leon4
human relationship
order
coherence
ethics
西亞 sai1 ngaa4
West Asia
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
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
一年 jat1 nin4
One year
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