How to pronounce 阿拉伯人 in Cantonese (10 out of 11):

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原居住於以色列統治區嘅阿拉伯人約 85 萬人
There were about 850,000 Arabs living in the original Israeli territories.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

原居 jyun4 geoi1
former residence
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
於 wu1
(literary) Oh!
Ah!
a tiger (dated term)
以色列 ji5 sik1 lau4
Israel
統治 tung2 zi6
to rule
區 keoi1
area
region
district
small
distinguish M: 个gè [个]
precinct
to classify
to subdivide
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
阿拉伯人 aa3 laai4 baak6 yan4
Arab
約 joek3
to make an appointment
to invite
approximately
pact
treaty
to economize
to restrict
to reduce (a fraction)
concise
treaty
agreement
convenant
appointment
engagement
to restrain
to restrict
to control
brief
simple
萬人 maan6 yan4
tens of thousands
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