How to pronounce 家世 in Cantonese (1 out of 2):

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後嚟結識咗一位家世顯赫

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

後嚟 hau6 lai4
later on (spoken)
結識 git3 sik1
(verb) Meet and make (a friend)
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 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
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
家世 gaa1 sai3
family background
顯赫 hin2 haak1
(adjective) Eminent

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