How to pronounce 李 in Cantonese (4 out of 79):

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三元里这里最多的姓氏是「李」姓
The most common surname in the three yuan is Lee.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

三元里 saam1 jyun4 lei5
Sanyuanli-A place in Guangzhou, China
这 ze2
this
里 lei5
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
最多 zeoi3 do1
maximum
at most
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
姓氏 sing3 si6
surname; last name
是 si6
is
李 lei5
plum (figuratively of one's students)
a surname
a judge
姓 sing3
family name
surname M: 个gè [个]
to be surnamed
a clan name
people
ordinary folk
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