How to pronounce 玉 in Cantonese (1 out of 148):

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玉蓮，當你讀到這封信的時候

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

玉 juk6
jade
figurative of a woman's body
(of a woman) pure
fair
beautiful
graceful
your esteemed
precious stone
gem
a surname
蓮 lin4
lotus
lotus seed
water lily
paradise
當 dong3
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
讀 duk6
to read
to study
reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音pīnyīn [拼音]
to attend school
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
封 fung1
to confer
to grant
to bestow a title
to seal
package, classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
a surname
tip
to close up
to heap earth over mound
big
envelope
信 seon3
letter
mail M: 封fēng [封]
to trust
to believe
to profess faith in
truthful
confidence
trust
at will
at random
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
時候 si4 hau6
time

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