How to pronounce 名字 in Cantonese (109 out of 413):

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傳說中圭江的名字是蘇東坡起的
Legend has it that the name Guiagang was originally from the southeast.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

傳說中 zyun6 syut3 zung1
legendary
圭 gwai1
a jade tablet
an sceptre held by rulers during ancient ceremonies
an ancient measurement of volume
江 gong1
large river M: 条tiáo [条]
道dào [道]
Yangzi river
a surname
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
名字 ming4 zi2
name
是 si6
is
蘇東坡 sou1 dung1 po4
Su Dongpo (a famous Chinese poet)
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover

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