How to pronounce 證人 in Cantonese (9 out of 11):

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呢位證人就係被《紐約時報》譽為「最聰明嘅人」
This witness was the one who was described by The New York Times as "the smartest person".

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

呢 ni1
this
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
證人 zing3 jan4
witness
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
紐約時報 nau2 jok3 si4 bou3
The New York Times
譽 yu6
reputation
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
最 zeoi3
most
the most
-est (superlative suffix)
exceedingly
extreme
聰明 cung1 ming4
smart
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
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