How to pronounce 尹 in Cantonese (29 out of 41):

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太甲死後，兒子沃丁繼位，沃丁第八年，伊尹逝世，終年一百多歲

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
死後 sei2 hau6
after death
兒子 ji4 zi2
son
沃 juk1
fertile
rich
to irrigate
to wash (of river)
a surname
丁 zang1
fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干shítiāngān [十天干]
fourth in order
letter "D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
butyl
cubes (of food)
adult male
members of a family
a surname
繼位 gai3 wai2
succeed to the throne
第八 dai6 baat3
the eighth
年 nin4
year
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
逝世 sai3 sai3
pass away
終年 jung1 nin4
all year round
一百 jat1 baak3
one hundred
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
歲 seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age

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