How to pronounce 敍 in Cantonese (11 out of 14):

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然而喺希拉莉 2013 年離職時, 敍利亞內戰已經持續咗兩年
But when Hillary left office in 2013, the civil war in Syria had been going on for two years.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

然而 jin4 ji4
however
喺 hai2
in
希拉莉 hei1 laai1 lei6
Hillary Clinton
年 nin4
year
離職 lei4 zik1
leave a job
時 si4
o'clock
time
when
hour
season
period
era
current
timely
often
continously
frequently
fashionable
opportune
sometimes…sometimes
a surname
敍 zeoi6
to narrate
to chat
to appraise
利 lei6
sharp
favorable
advantage
benefit
profit
interest
to do good to
to benefit
merit
resources
public utility
wealth
riches
a surname
fluent
eloquent
lucky
convenient
of good fortune
smooth
orderly
亞 ngaa3
Asia
Asian
second
next to
inferior
sub-
Taiwan pr. [yǎ]
used as a prefix to names
內戰 noi6 zin3
civil war
已經 ji5 ging1
already
持續 ci4 juk6
continue
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
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