How to pronounce 彥 in Cantonese (3 out of 10):

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名為吉備津彥命將軍的

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

名 ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
吉 gat1
lucky
giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
propitious
good
fortunate
auspicious
propitious
vacant
unoccupied
empty
mandarin orange
seven (triad jargon)
to inject heroin
chicken (triad jargon)
備 bei6
to prepare
get ready
to provide or equip
perfect
completeness
津 zeon1
saliva
sweat
a ferry crossing
a ford (river crossing)
abbr. for Tianjin 天津
to moisten
to dampen
彥 jin6
refinement
命 ming6
life
將軍 zoeng1 gwan1
general
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

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