How to pronounce 役 in Cantonese (4 out of 20):

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第一次元日戰爭—文永之役
The first war of the Yuan Dynasty was a turbulent one.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

第一次 dai6 jat1 ci3
first time
元 jyun4
unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc)
primary
the first
origin
head
eldest
the Yuan Dynasty
a surname
日 mik6
sun
day
date, day of the month
daytime
daily
Japan
戰爭 zin3 zeng1
war
文 man6
to cover up
to paint over
永 wing5
forever
always
perpetual
far-reaching
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
役 jik6
forced labor
corvée
obligatory task
military service
to use as servant
to enserf
servant (old)
war
campaign
battle
to serve labor at frontier
to command somone as servant

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