How to pronounce 祖先 in Cantonese (3 out of 31):

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佢哋嘅祖先係住喺呢重重萬山之中

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢哋 keoi5 dei6
(pronoun) they
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
祖先 zou2 sin1
ancestor
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
喺 hai2
in
呢 ni1
this
重重 cung5 cung5
multiple times
萬 maak6
part of a double-barreled surname
山 saan1
mountain
之中 zi1 zung1
among

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