How to pronounce 奴 in Cantonese (18 out of 39):

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而喺1860年，身為廢奴主義者嘅亞伯拉罕·林肯 當選成為總統就成為咗一個轉捩點，

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

而 nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
喺 hai2
in
年 nin4
year
身 jyun4
body
life
oneself
personally
one's morality and conduct
the main part of a structure or body
pregnant
classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset
Kangxi radical 158
trunk
hull
lifetime
in person
social status
status
incarnation
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
廢 fai3
to abolish
to abandon
to abrogate
to discard
to depose
to oust
crippled
abandoned
waste
useless
to fall of
invalid
奴 nou4
slave
servant
a humble way to say 'I' by a servant or an official when addressing one's master
term of disparagement
主義 zyu2 ji6
ism
者 ze2
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
(after a noun) person involved in ...
-er
-ist
(used after a number or 后hòu [后] or 前qián [前] to refer to sth mentioned previously)
(used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
(old) (used at the end of a command)
(old) this
a surname
denoting a portion
this
these
yes, yes! (exclamation)
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
亞伯拉罕 aa3 baak6 laai4 ham3
Abraham
林肯 lam4 kan1
Abraham Lincoln
當選 dong1 syun2
be elected
成為 sing4 wai2
become
總統 zung2 tung4
president
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
轉捩點 zyun2 lit6 dim2
turning point

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