How to pronounce 商 in Cantonese (173 out of 213):

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之前在新聞上留意一些專做政治書的書商

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

之前 zi1 cin4
before
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
新聞 san1 man4
news
上 soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
留意 lau4 ji3
(verb) 1. To mind; 2. Be caution
一些 jat1 se1
some
專 zyun1
for a particular person, occasion, purpose
focused on one thing
special
expert
particular (to sth)
concentrated
specialized
做 zou6
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
政治 zing3 zi6
politics
書 syu1
a book
a letter
a document M: 本běn [本]
册cè [册]
部bù [部]
to write
a certificate
a script
a style of calligraphy
storyteller
book of history
to document
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
商 soeng1
commerce
merchant
dealer
to consult
2nd note in pentatonic scale
quotient (as in 智商zhìshāng [智商], intelligence quotient)
to discuss

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