How to pronounce 兰 in Cantonese (9 out of 9):

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原来是薛觉先、梅兰芳、邓芬合作的岁寒三友图
It was a picture of a friend of the same age, Melano and Fuffin, working together.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

原 jyun5
hypocrite
来 loi4
come
是 si6
is
薛 sit3
wormwood like grass (classical)
name of a feudal state
a surname
觉 gok3
wake up
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
梅 mui4
plum
plum flower
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
a surname
a subgroup of the 14K triad gang
兰 laan4
orchid
芳 fong1
fragrant
virtuous
beautiful
flower
an honorific to say 'your' to a lady
virtue
邓 dang6
Deng
芬 fan1
perfume
fragrance
aroma
合作 hap6 zok3
cooperate
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
岁 seoi3
year old
寒 hon4
cold
poor
to tremble
a surname
to put in cold storage
to ignore
humble, used as a modest term
三 saam3
multiple times; repeatedly
友 jau5
friend
companion
fraternity
member of an association
club
school etc
to befriend
kind
allied
图 tou4
diagram

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