How to pronounce 雅加達 in Cantonese (1 out of 4):

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裡面有九成的人住在雅加達或是泗水這些主要城市
Ninety percent of them live in Jakarta, or in the major cities.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

裡面 leoi5 min6
inside
有 jau6
also
again
九成 gau2 sing4
ninety percent
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
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
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
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
雅加達 ngaa5 gaa1 daat6
Jakarta
或是 wak6 si6
or
泗水 ci4 seoi2
Surabaya
這些 ze2 se1
Some of these…
主要 zyu2 jiu3
mainly
城市 sing4 si5
city

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