How to pronounce 長話短說 in Cantonese (4 out of 5):

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長話短說 這位金主在上屆的總統選舉捐了2500萬美金

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

長話短說 coeng4 waa6 dyun2 syut3
in short
這位 ze5 wai2
this person
金主 gam1 zyu2
financial backer
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
上 soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
屆 gai3
term
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
總統選舉 zung2 cyun4 syun2 geoi3
presidential election
捐 gyun1
to contribute
to donate
contribution
tax
to abandon
to burrow
to pass through
to purchase an official appointment
to cast away
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
萬 maak6
part of a double-barreled surname
美金 mei5 gam1
US dollars

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