How to pronounce 伍 in Cantonese (44 out of 51):

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伍轉笑的丈夫是一名廚師
Anna’s husband was a cook

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

伍 ng5
squad of five soldiers
to associate with
five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
troops
a surname
轉 zyun3
to revolve
to rotate
to spin
笑 siu3
laugh
smile M: 个gè [个]
giggle
chuckle
to ridicule
to jeer
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
丈夫 zoeng6 fu1
husband
是 si6
is
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
師 si1
teacher
master
expert
model
army division
(old) troops
to dispatch troops
to imitate
exemplar

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