How to pronounce 昃 in Cantonese (2 out of 8):

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昃臣爵士 Sir Thomas Jackson 是一位英國19世紀末銀行家

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

昃 zak1
afternoon
decline
the sun in the afternoon sky
臣 san4
state official or subject in dynastic China
"Your Servant", form of address used when speaking to a ruler
to submit oneself to the rule of or acknowledge allegiance to
to serve a ruler as his subject
Kangxi radical 168
a public servant
subject or servant owing allegiance to the ruler
to subjugate or be subjugated
to regard as subject
minister
statesman
official
a modest and polite term of address for 'I'
爵士 zoek3 si6
jazz
是 si6
is
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
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
英國 jing1 gwok3
United Kingdom
世紀末 sai3 gei3 mut6
end of the century
銀行家 ngan4 hong4 gaa1
banker

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