How to pronounce 夏朝 in Cantonese (16 out of 17):

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上集講到夏朝最後一位君主夏桀是個暴君

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

上集 soeng6 zaap6
Previous episode
講到 gong2 dou3
talk about
夏朝 haa6 ciu4
Xia dynasty
最後 zeoi3 hau6
last
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
君主 gwan1 zyu2
monarch
夏 haa6
summer
grand
name of a Chinese dynasty
Chinese
China
a surname
桀 git3
despotic ruler
是 si6
is
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
暴君 bou6 gwan1
tyrant

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