How to pronounce 廉 in Cantonese (11 out of 16):

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廉颇者赵之良将也
and Lin Xiangru (excerpt) Sima Qian Lian Po was a sage general of Zhao. In the

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

廉 lim4
incorruptible
honest
inexpensive
to investigate (old)
side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)
a surname
者 ze2
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
(after a noun) person involved in ...
-er
-ist
(used after a number or 后hòu [后] or 前qián [前] to refer to sth mentioned previously)
(used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
(old) (used at the end of a command)
(old) this
a surname
denoting a portion
this
these
yes, yes! (exclamation)
之 zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
良 loeng4
good
very
very much
virtuous
respectable
a surname
truly
将 zoeng1
will
也 jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise

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