How to pronounce 性命 in Cantonese (4 out of 8):

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苟全性命于乱世
to survive in troubled times

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

苟 gik1
self-disciplined
全 cyun4
all
whole
entire
every
complete
perfect
a surname
性命 sing3 ming6
life
于 jyu4
to go
to take
sentence-final interrogative particle
variant of 于yú [于]
in
on
at
a surname
乱 lyun6
messy
世 sai3
life
age
generation
era
world
lifetime
epoch
descendant
noble
a surname
a period of 30 years
a form of address used between family friends of that is of a different generation

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