How to pronounce 珊 in Cantonese (9 out of 79):

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嚴佩珊的家人就開始緊張起來
The family of Gupeshan started to get nervous.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

嚴 jim4
tight (closely sealed)
stern
strict
rigorous
severe
father
a surname
佩 pui3
to respect
admire
to wear (belt etc)
belt ornament
pendant
to be fit for
to match with
珊 saan1
coral
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
家人 ga1 jan4
Family
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
開始 hoi1 ci2
begin
緊張 gan2 zoeng1
(adjective) (of feeling) excited
起來 hei2 loi4
to rise; arise
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