How to pronounce 貧窮 in Cantonese (15 out of 17):

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美國大部份人都係生活係貧窮線以下嘅
Most Americans live below the poverty line.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

美國 mei5 gwok3
America
大部份 daai6 bou6 fan6
adj.; mostly; a majority of
jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
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
生活 saang1 wut6
life
貧窮 pan4 kung4
(noun) Poverty
sin3
thread
string
wire
line M: 条tiáo [条]
股gǔ [股]
根gēn [根] ]
boundary
traffic route
political path
clue
an undercover agent
a ray of (hope), a quantifier
a territory
an area
the lower ranks
followers in a triad gang
以下 ji5 haa6
(adverb, preposition) (of age, height etc.) below
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
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