How to pronounce 李世民 in Cantonese (1 out of 1):

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李世民殺了他的哥哥建成和元吉，最後登上帝位

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

李世民 lei5 sai3 man4
Li Shimin (Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty)
殺 saat3
to kill
to murder
to fight
to weaken or reduce
to smart (dialect)
to counteract
(used after a verb) extremely
to destroy
to exterminate
to hurt
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
他的 taa1 dik1
his
哥哥 go1 go1
(celebrity) The nickname of Leslie Cheung who was a singer, actor and film producer in Hong Kong
建成 gin3 sing4
to build and complete
和 wo4
and
元 jyun4
unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc)
primary
the first
origin
head
eldest
the Yuan Dynasty
a surname
吉 gat1
lucky
giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
propitious
good
fortunate
auspicious
propitious
vacant
unoccupied
empty
mandarin orange
seven (triad jargon)
to inject heroin
chicken (triad jargon)
最後 zeoi3 hau6
last
登上 dang1 soeng5
board on
帝位 dai3 wai2
throne

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