How to pronounce 巢 in Cantonese (4 out of 11):

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而南是一個很窮困的地方,桀和妹喜沒人服侍,他們沒東西吃又不去勞動
And the southern nest was a very poor place, and their mother and their sisters were not served, and they had nothing to eat, nor did they work.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
naam4
south
caau4
nest
den
hideout
to lose
to fail
si6
is
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
han2
very
窮困 kung4 kwan3
poverty
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
地方 dei6 fong1
place
git3
despotic ruler
wo4
and
mui2
younger sister
term of address for a young woman or girl
hei2
to be fond of
to like
to enjoy
to be happy
to feel pleased
happiness
delight
glad
pregnancy
happy event
mei6
(negative prefix for verbs)
have not
not
to be inferior to
to sink
to submerge
to rise beyond
to confiscate
to disappear
to come to an end
jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
服侍 fuk6 si4
serve
他們 taa1 mun4
they
東西 dung1 sai1
east and west
hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
勞動 laau4 dung6
labor
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