How to pronounce 尹 in Cantonese (26 out of 41):

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但伊尹沒有這野心，他純粹為太甲著想

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
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
沒有 mou5 jau5
without
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
野心 je5 sam1
ambitious
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
純粹 seon4 seoi6
just for
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
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
著 zyu3
famous
prominent
to write
to compile
writing
literary work
aboriginal
想 soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan

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