How to pronounce 民 in Cantonese (272 out of 351):

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由于附近有码头，也有广九铁路，所以在晚清和民国的时候这边是很旺的
Since there is a dock nearby and the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway, it was very prosperous in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

由 jau4
to follow
from
it is for...to
reason
cause
because of
due to
to
to leave it (to sb)
by (introduces passive verb)
up to
through
a surname
于 jyu4
to go
to take
sentence-final interrogative particle
variant of 于yú [于]
in
on
at
a surname
附近 fu6 gan6
nearby
有 jau6
also
again
码 maa5
yard
头 tau4
head
也 jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
广 shop
broad
九 gau2
1. nine 2. multiple times; repeatedly 3. (crude) shithead
铁 tit3
iron
路 lou6
road M: 条tiáo [条]
journey
route
line (bus etc)
sort
kind
path
street
journey
way
a surname
direction
course
logic
the record of each baccarat game
trend
tendency
way out of a situation
way forward
a sexual relationship
所以 so2 ji5
hence
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
和 wo4
and
民 man4
the people
nationality
citizen
folk
subjects
someone in a certain occupataion, such as farmer, fisherman
国 gwok3
country
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
时 si4
time
候 hau6
to wait
to inquire after
to watch
season
climate
(old) period of five days
to expect
to visit
to greet
condition
这 ze2
this
边 bin1
side
是 si6
is
很 han2
very
旺 wong6
prosperous
flourishing
(of flowers) blooming
(of fire) roaring
busy

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