How to pronounce 之先 in Cantonese (1 out of 6):

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夫庸知其年之先後生於吾乎

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

fu4
pronoun: he
this
that
those;
particle used at the beginning of sentence to introduce a subject or in the middle or at the end of sentence with an exclamatory force
jung4
ordinary
to use
mediocre
the need to (usually used in the negative form)
moderate
how
zi3
an alternative form for 智,wisdom
kei4
his
her
its
their
that
such
it (refers to sth preceding it)
within
used as suffix of an adverb
nin4
year
之先 zi1 sin1
long before, ahead
後生 hau6 saang1
(noun) junior
wu1
(literary) Oh!
Ah!
a tiger (dated term)
ngaa4
part of an ancient name of a place
wu4
(classical particle similar to 于yú [于]) in
at
from
because
than
(classical final particle similar to 吗ma [吗], 吧ba [吧], 呢ne [呢], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)

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