How to pronounce 跳海 in Cantonese (2 out of 9):

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我睇阿哥真係80幾萬會跳海呀! 我撈返佢返嚟!
I thought my brother would jump 800,000! I brought him back!

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
睇 dai6
to look down upon (classical)
to see
to look at (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 看kàn [看]
to glance at
to stare at
to look after
to take care of
to consider
to believe
to watch
to read
to check
to find out
to judge
to bring up opinions
to keep an eye on
to monitor
to pay a visit
to support
阿哥 aa3 go1
elder brother
真係 zan1 hai6
really; very
幾萬 gei2 maan6
tens of thousands
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
跳海 tiu3 hoi2
to jump into the sea [written and colloquial]
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
撈 lou1
to earn a living through dishonest means
to mix thoroughly
to make money
返 faan1
to return (to)
to revert to
to restore
to go back
to come back
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
返嚟 faan2 lai2
come back here (spoken)

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