How to pronounce 命 in Cantonese (58 out of 195):

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佢同佢阿媽，由Frances Conroy 所飾演嘅Penny Fleck 相依為命。
She and her mother, Penny Fleck, played by Frances Conroy, died.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
同 tung4
and
阿媽 aa3 maa1
mum
由 jau4
to follow
from
it is for...to
reason
cause
because of
due to
to
to leave it (to sb)
by (introduces passive verb)
up to
through
a surname
所 so2
actually
place
classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
that which
particle introducing a relative clause or passive M: 个gè [个]
a building
a bureau
a station
an office
that which
all that
whatever
a unit
飾演 sik1 jin2
to portray
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
相依 soeng1 ji1
depend on one another
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
命 ming6
life

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