How to pronounce 兄 in Cantonese (56 out of 64):

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上帝你為何把我的父母和一些兄姐
God, why did you take my parents and some of my siblings

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

上帝 soeng6 dai3
God
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
何 ho6
same as荷,to carry
lotus
water lilly
holland
把 baa3
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
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
父母 fu6 mou5
parents
和 wo4
and
一些 jat1 se1
some
兄 hing1
elder brother
a respectful way for men to address each other
姐 ze1
older sister
a term of address for an older female
a young woman
a house helper
a domestic helper

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