How to pronounce 杜 in Cantonese (26 out of 48):

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中央情報局於 1947 年根據第33任美國總統杜魯門

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

中央情報局 jung1 joeng1 cing4 bou3 guk6
Central Intelligence Agency
於 wu1
(literary) Oh!
Ah!
a tiger (dated term)
年 nin4
year
根據 gan1 geoi3
according to
第 dai6
(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
order
(old) rank in the imperial examinations
mansion
(lit.) but
just
sequence
number
grade
degree
任 jam6
to assign
to appoint
to take up a post
office
responsibility
to let
to allow
to give free rein to
no matter (how, what etc)
classifier for the number of terms served in office, post, or rank
美國總統 mei5 gwok3 zung2 tung2
US President
杜 dou6
birchleaf pear (tree)
to stop
to prevent
to restrict
to make up something
a surname
魯 lou5
crass
stupid
rude
vulgar
rough
imprudent
a surname
part of a place name
name of an ancient state
門 mun4
gate
door M: 扇shàn [扇]
gateway
doorway M: 个gè [个]
opening
valve
switch
way to do something
knack
family
house
(religious) sect
school (of thought)
class
category
phylum or division (taxonomy)
classifier for large guns
classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
(suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
clan
gang
key
turning point
a surname
KangXi radical 169

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