How to pronounce 尹 in Cantonese (25 out of 41):

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無奈之下，伊尹將太甲放逐到了商湯的陵寢桐宮

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

無奈 mou4 nooi6
helpless
之下 zi1 haa6
under
伊 ji1
he
she
this
that
third person pronoun
a surname
尹 wan5
to administer
to oversee
to run
magistrate (old)
to govern
director
a surname
將 zoeng3
a military commander
a general officer
to command
太 taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
甲 gaap3
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干shítiāngān [十天干]
(used for an unspecified person or thing)
first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
armor plating
shell or carapace
(of the fingers or toes) nail
bladed leather or metal armor (old)
ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
civil administration unit (old)
to be better than
放逐 fong3 zuk6
banish
到了 dou3 le5
arrived
商湯 soeng1 tong1
Shang Tang
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
陵寢 ling4 cham4
tomb of the deceased royalty
桐 tung4
paulownia
宮 gung1
palace
temple
castration (as corporal punishment)
first note in pentatonic scale
dwelling
enclose

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