How to pronounce 厲 in Cantonese (3 out of 21):

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今日講的故事是西周的周召共和，當時是第十個國君厲王
Today's story is about the week of the Republican coup d'état, the tenth dynasty of the Western Empire.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

今日 gam1 jat6
(adverb) nowadays; today
講 gong2
(verb) to tell
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
故事 gu3 si6
story
是 si6
is
西周 sai1 jau1
Western Zhou
周 zau1
week
召 ziu6
to call together
to summon
to convene
temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
imperial decree
共和 gung6 wo4
republic
當時 dong1 si4
back then
第十 dai6 sap6
the tenth
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
國君 gwok3 gwan1
monarch
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

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