How to pronounce 嚴 in Cantonese (8 out of 69):

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該名失蹤的女童 名為嚴佩珊
The missing girl's name is Guri Pesan.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

該 goi1
should
ought to
probably
must be
to deserve
to owe
to be sb's turn to do sth
that
the above-mentioned
need to
fated to
preordained
名 ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
失蹤 sat1 zung6
disappear
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
女童 neoi5 tung4
little girl
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
嚴 jim4
tight (closely sealed)
stern
strict
rigorous
severe
father
a surname
佩 pui3
to respect
admire
to wear (belt etc)
belt ornament
pendant
to be fit for
to match with
珊 saan1
coral

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