How to pronounce 昃 in Cantonese (3 out of 8):

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昃臣在滙豐受到了重用，到1876年年僅36歲已經擔任總經理

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'
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
滙豐 wui6 fung1
The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC)
受到 sau6 dou3
receive
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
重用 chung4 yung6
reuse
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
年年 nin4 nin4
every year
僅 gan6
barely
only
merely
just
approximately
nearly
歲 seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
已經 ji5 ging1
already
擔任 daam1 jam6
to hold the position of
總經理 zung2 ging1 lei5
general manager

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