How to pronounce 姓 in Cantonese (65 out of 69):

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什麽我不講,一講你就知道是誰
I won't tell you his last name, you'll know who he is once I tell him.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

sing3
family name
surname M: 个gè [个]
to be surnamed
a clan name
people
ordinary folk
zaap6
miscellaneous
assorted
mo5
suffix, used to form interrogative 什么shénme [什么], what?, indefinite 这么zhème [这么] thus, etc
exclamatory final particle
interrogative final particle
what for
why
do what
sort of
type of
insignificant
tiny
ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
gong2
(verb) to tell
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
nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
就知 zau6 zi1
Just know
dou6
direction
way
road
path M: 条tiáo [条]
股gǔ [股]
principle
truth
morality
reason
skill
method
Dao (of Daoism)
to say
to speak
to talk
classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
province (of Korea or Japan)
channel
method
doctrine
teachings
si6
is
seoi4
who
also pr. [shuí]
anyone

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