How to pronounce 德政 in Cantonese (2 out of 5):

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太甲果然不負伊尹所望，勤修德政，使商朝慢慢走向繁榮穩定
And he was not satisfied with the sight of Iddo, but he did good, and he established the kingdom of the merchants, and it was prosperous.

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
果然 gwo2 jin4
as expected
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
負 fu6
to bear
to carry (on one's back)
to turn one's back on
to be defeated
negative (math. etc)
load
burden
loss
to lose
to be defeated
to suffer (injury)
to owe (debt)
to enjoy (fame)
to be proud and complacent
to rely on
to betray
to breach
to let someone down
responsibiltiy
task
defeat
to fail to meet obligations
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
所 so2
actually
place
classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
that which
particle introducing a relative clause or passive M: 个gè [个]
a building
a bureau
a station
an office
that which
all that
whatever
a unit
望 mong6
hope
expectate
gaze
勤 kan4
diligent
修 sau1
repair
德政 dak1 zing3
virtuous governance
使 si2
to make
to cause
to enable
to use
to employ
to send
to instruct sb to do sth
to need to
to have to
商朝 soeng1 ciu4
Shang dynasty
慢慢 maan6 maan2
(verb) Take someone's time
走向 zau2 hoeng3
direction
繁榮 fan4 wing6
prosperous
穩定 wan2 ding6
stable
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