How to pronounce 厲 in Cantonese (16 out of 21):

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但突然有天收到消息，流亡在外的厲王已離世
But suddenly, there was a news from heaven that the king of the dragon who was in exile had died.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
突然 dat6 jin4
out of the blue
有 jau6
also
again
天收 tin1 sau1
crop yield
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
消息 siu1 sik1
news
流亡 lau4 mong4
exile
在外 zoi6 ngoi6
abroad
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
厲 lai6
strict
severe
a whetstone
to grind
to sharpen
whet
pestilence, an epidemic disease
malicious ghost
a surname
to oppress
to encourage
stern
grim
wicked
malicious
terribly
fierce
王 wong6
to govern
to rule
已 ji5
already
to stop
then
afterwards
only
too much
enough!
used as a final particle to add emphasis
離世 lei4 sai3
departed from this world

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