How to pronounce 西元前 in Cantonese (1 out of 2):

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在西元前一千零四十六年，距離現在三千多年
It was in the year 1 046 B.C.E. and it's over 3000 years away.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
西元前 sai1 jyun4 cin4
Before Common Era
一千 jat1 cin1
one thousand
零 ling4
zero
nought
zero sign
fractional
fragmentary
odd (of numbers)
(placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)
fraction
(in mathematics) remainder (after division)
extra
to wither and fall
to wither
四十六 sei3 sap6 luk6
forty-six
年 nin4
year
距離 keoi5 lei4
distance
現在 jin6 zoi6
now
三千 saam1 cin1
three thousand
多年 do1 nin4
many years
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