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

夫 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
庸 jung4
ordinary
to use
mediocre
the need to (usually used in the negative form)
moderate
how
知 zi3
an alternative form for 智,wisdom
其 kei4
his
her
its
their
that
such
it (refers to sth preceding it)
within
used as suffix of an adverb
年 nin4
year
之先 zi1 sin1
long before, ahead
後生 hau6 saang1
(noun) junior
於 wu1
(literary) Oh!
Ah!
a tiger (dated term)
吾 ngaa4
part of an ancient name of a place
乎 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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