How to pronounce 生於 in Cantonese (6 out of 11):

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生於英國諾福克郡嘅一戶貧苦匠人之家
He was born into a poor working-class family in Norfolk, England.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
生於 sang1 jyu1
be born in
英國 jing1 gwok3
United Kingdom
nok6
to consent
to promise
(literary) yes!
to assent
to approve
yes
yeah (interjection)
福克 fok6
Fok6
gwan6
canton
county
region
administrative district
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
wu6
a household
door
family
bank account
貧苦 pin2 ku3
poverty
zoeng6
craftsman
artisan
workman
skilful
jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
ze1
used as an expletive at the end of a sentence
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