How to pronounce 天命 in Cantonese (68 out of 182):

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天命 : 咁點解佢唔嘗試去獻祭個巫師呢 ?
And then why didn't he try to sacrifice the witch?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

天命 tin1 ming6
mandate of heaven
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
點解 dim2 gaai2
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
嘗試 soeng4 si3
try
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
獻祭 hin3 zai3
sacrifice
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
巫師 mou4 si1
shaman
呢 ni1
this

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