How to pronounce 媽祖 in Cantonese (9 out of 15):

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媽祖最多嘅州府就係平樂府早喺明朝萬曆十四年即係一

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

媽祖 maa1 zou2
Mazu (Chinese sea goddess)
最多 zeoi3 do1
maximum
at most
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
州 zau1
prefecture
(old) province
(old) administrative division
state (e.g. of US)
oblast (Russia)
canton (Switzerland)
continent
to settle in a place
place surrounded by water
府 fu2
seat of government
government repository (archive)
official residence
mansion
presidential palace
(honorific) Your home
prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
seat of learning
treasury
residence
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
早 zou2
early
morning
Good morning!
long ago
prematurely
previous
beforehand
earlier
the back of the body
喺 hai2
in
明朝 ming4 ciu4
Ming Dynasty
萬曆 maan6 lik6
Wanli (name of an emperor
emperor's reign)
十四 sap6 sei3
fourteen
年 nin4
year
即係 zik1 hai6
(adverb) same as; exactly as; equivalent to; 'which means' or 'which is to say', usually used before explanations
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

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