How to pronounce 吳 in Cantonese (66 out of 124):

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今日我又認識咗一位新嘅朋友，叫阿吳大師
I met a new friend too, Master Ng

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

今日 gam1 jat6
(adverb) nowadays; today
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
認識 jing6 sik1
acquaintance
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
新 san1
new
newly
meso- (chemistry)
beginning
recent
modern
neo-
the Hsin dynasty
a surname
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
朋友 pang4 jau5
friend
叫 giu3
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
阿 ngo1
to curry favour with
to flatter
to pander to
吳 ng4
Ng (Cantonese surname)
大師 daai6 si1
master

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