How to pronounce 吳 in Cantonese (4 out of 124):

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吳州嘅成長以及城門消失於民國年間咁大收到呢一份
The growth of Zhengzhou and the city gates disappeared in the civil year.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

吳 ng4
Ng (Cantonese surname)
州 zau1
prefecture
(old) province
(old) administrative division
state (e.g. of US)
oblast (Russia)
canton (Switzerland)
continent
to settle in a place
place surrounded by water
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
成長 sing4 zoeng2
(verb) Grow up (with
in etc.)
以及 ji5 kap6
and
城門 sing4 mun4
city gate
消失 siu1 sat1
disappearance
於 wu1
(literary) Oh!
Ah!
a tiger (dated term)
民國 man4 gwok3
Republic of China
年間 nin4 gaan1
years
咁大 gam2 daai6
so big
收到 sau1 dou3
received
呢 ni1
this
一份 jat1 fan6
[measure word] a portion

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