How to pronounce 男 in Cantonese (135 out of 175):

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原來這個島名有南怡的，不是男生的男
name of the island has "Nami" in it, not the "male" character for men. It turns out that there

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

原來 yun4 loi4
originally
這個 ze2 go3
this one
島 dou2
island
名 ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
有 jau6
also
again
南 naam4
south
怡 ji4
harmony
pleased
pleasure
joy
happy
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
不是 bat1 si6
is not
男生 naam4 saang1
male student
男 naam4
male
Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位wǔděngjuéwèi [五等爵位] M: 个gè [个]
man
son

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