How to pronounce 慈禧 in Cantonese (3 out of 11):

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慈禧夥同慈安太后扳倒八位顧命大臣奪權成功

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

慈禧 ci4 hei5
Cixi
慈 ci4
compassionate
gentle
merciful
kind
humane
maternal
mother
to have affection for someone
安 on1
content
calm
still
quiet
safe
secure
in good health
to find a place for
to install
to fix
to fit
to bring (a charge against sb)
to pacify
to harbor (good intentions)
security
safety
peace
ampere
to fabricate
where
how
why
a surname
太后 taai3 hau6
empress dowager
扳 baan2
to pull
to draw out
to turn
倒 dou2
to pour
to throw out
to dump
to topple
to overthrow
to collapse
to fail (business)
malfunction
shift
move around
to fall over
八 baat3
eight
all around
all sides
to nose around
to pry into something
describes someone who is nosy or likes to gossip
to tell
to gossip
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
顧命 gu3 meng6
not willing to sacrifice; to be apprehensive of one's life
大臣 daai6 san4
minister
奪權 dyut6 kyun4
seize power
成功 sing4 gung1
success

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