How to pronounce 先後 in Cantonese (3 out of 63):

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村莊里先後出過一位狀元

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

村莊 cyun1 zong1
village
里 lei5
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
先後 sin1 hau6
successively
出過 ceot1 gwo3
have been out
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
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
狀元 zong6 jyun4
top scholar

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