How to pronounce 孤兒寡婦 in Cantonese (2 out of 5):

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當初猶大人就係因為「施行公平、 不欺壓寄居的和孤兒寡婦、不流無辜人的血」

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

當初 dong1 co4
originally
猶大 jau4 daai6
Judah
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
因為 jan1 wai6
due to
施行 si1 hang4
carry out
公平 gung1 ping4
(adjective) equal
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
欺壓 hei1 aat3
oppress
寄居 gei3 geoi1
sojourn
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
和 wo4
and
孤兒寡婦 gu1 ji4 gwaa3 fu5
orphans and widows
流 lau4
to flow
to disseminate
to circulate or spread
to move or drift
to degenerate
to banish or send into exile
stream of water or sth resembling one
class, rate or grade
fake
false
inferior
unreal
without status
influence
name of a triad poem used as a way to identify someone as a triad member
無辜 mou4 gu1
innocent
血 hyut3
blood
colloquial pr. [xiě] M: 滴dī [滴]
片piàn [片]
bloody
related in blood
KangXi radical 143
energetic and high spirited

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