How to pronounce 杉 in Cantonese (14 out of 19):

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咁佢呢個巨型紅杉，自1893年喺加利福尼亞州被斬伐
This giant sequoia was cut down in California in 1893. Since

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
呢個 ni1 go3
this
巨型 geoi6 jing4
gigantic
紅 hung4
red
popular
revolutionary
bonus
blush
flush
杉 saam1
China fir
Cunninghamia lanceolata
also pr. [shā]
自 zi6
from
self
oneself
since
private
personal
naturally
natural
since
年 nin4
year
喺 hai2
in
州 zau1
prefecture
(old) province
(old) administrative division
state (e.g. of US)
oblast (Russia)
canton (Switzerland)
continent
to settle in a place
place surrounded by water
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
斬 zaam2
to behead (as form of capital punishment)
to chop
to fight
attack with a chopper
伐 fat6
to cut down
to fell
to dispatch an expedition against
to attack
to boast
Taiwan pr. [fā]

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